grège

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See also: grege

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

grège (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of greige

Noun[edit]

grège (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of greige

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French grège (“(adjective) of silk: raw, unfinished; of the colour of such silk, greyish-beige; (noun) raw or unfinished silk; the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”), from Italian greggio (“raw, unrefined; unbleached”); further etymology uncertain,[1][2] possibly from Vulgar Latin *gregius (as in lana *gregia (“untreated wool as obtained from the flock”)), from grex (“flock (of sheep, etc.)”),[3] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛʒ/
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Adjective[edit]

grège (plural grèges)

  1. of silk: raw
  2. of the colour of such silk, between grey and beige; greige

Noun[edit]

grège m (plural grèges)

  1. raw or unfinished silk
  2. the colour of such silk, closely akin to taupe; greyish-beige, greige
    grège:  

References[edit]

  1. ^ Compare “greige, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
  2. ^ Compare “greige, adj. and n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. ^ Compare “greige, adj.”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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