gruel

English

Etymology

From Old French gruel ( > French gruau), from Frankish *grūt. Compare German Grütze (“grout”), English groats, grit.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊəl

Noun

gruel (plural gruels)

1. A thin, watery porridge.

Related terms

• groat, groats
• grit, grits
• grout

Coordinate terms

• oatmeal
• porridge

Translations

thin watery porridge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粥 (cmn) (yù), (rice congee) 稀飯 (cmn), 稀饭 (cmn) (xīfàn)

• Finnish: velli (fi)
• French: gruau (fr) m
• German: Grütze (de) f, Schleimsuppe (de) f

• Greek: χυλός (el) (chylós) m
• Japanese: 粥 (ja) (かゆ, kayu)
• Navajo: tóshchíín
• Russian: (жи́дкая) каша (ru) (káša) f, кашица (ru) (kášica) f
• Spanish: avenate (es) m

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