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→‎Verb: # {{lb|en|transitive|photography}} To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
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# {{lb|en|demography|slang}} To turn progressively [[older]], in the context of the population of a geographic region.
# {{lb|en|demography|slang}} To turn progressively [[older]], in the context of the population of a geographic region.
#: {{ux|en|the '''greying''' of Europe}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''greying''' of Europe}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|photography}} To give a [[soft]] effect to (a photograph) by covering the [[negative]] while printing with a ground-glass plate.


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Revision as of 03:05, 13 May 2020

See also: Grey

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Various shades of grey.

Alternative forms

  • gray (often used in the US)

Etymology

From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

grey (comparative greyer, superlative greyest) (often spelled “gray” in the US)

  1. Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
    • (Can we date this quote by Isaac Newton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      ux|en|These grey and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.
  2. Dreary, gloomy.
    • (Can we date this quote by Daniel C. Gerould and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      the era of grey, boring banality and stagnation
  3. Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
  4. Relating to older people.
    the grey dollar, i.e. the purchasing power of the elderly
    • (Can we date this quote by Ames and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      grey experience

Derived terms

Terms derived from grey

Translations

Verb

grey (third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed) (often spelled "gray" in the US)

  1. To become grey.
    My hair is beginning to grey.
  2. To cause to become grey.
    • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 18, [1]
      Now only a few hand-hewn cedar planks and roof beams remained, moss-grown and sagging—a few totem poles, greyed and split.
  3. (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
    the greying of Europe
  4. (transitive, photography) To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.

Translations

Noun

grey (plural greys) (often spelled "gray" in the US)

  1. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
    grey:  
  2. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
  3. (ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.

Translations

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See also

Colors/Colours in English (layout · text)
             red          orange              yellow              green              blue (incl.      indigo;
             cyan, teal, turquoise) 		             purple / violet
         pink (including
         magenta) 		         brown      white              grey/gray      black

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse grey, from Proto-Germanic *grawją.

Pronunciation

Noun

grey n (genitive singular greys, nominative plural grey)

  1. (archaic) bitch (female dog)
  2. wretch, pitiful person
    Greyið mitt!
    You poor little thing!
    Greyið Jón
    Poor John
  3. indefinite accusative singular of grey
  4. indefinite nominative plural of grey
  5. indefinite accusative plural of grey

Declension

declension of grey
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grey greyið grey greyin
accusative grey greyið grey greyin
dative greyi greyinu greyjum greyjunum
genitive greys greysins greyja greyjanna

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grey (plural and weak singular greye)

  1. grey, dull, drab (in color)
  2. glinting, glistening

Descendants

  • English: gray, grey
  • Scots: gray
  • Yola: gry

References

Noun

grey

  1. grey (colour)
  2. Fur of the grey squirrel
  3. grey clothes
  4. grey textiles
  5. An elderly man
  6. A badger

Descendants

References

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

Portuguese

Noun

grey m (plural s)

  1. Alternative form of gray (race of extraterrestrials)

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

From Latin grege, singular ablative of grex.

Pronunciation

Noun

grey f (plural greyes)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) flock, herd
  2. (religion) flock (people served by a pastor, priest, etc., also all believers in a church or religion)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

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