grajo

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Esperanto[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from Grajo, having been named after English physicist Louis Harold Gray.

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrajo]
  • Rhymes: -ajo
  • Hyphenation: gra‧jo

Noun[edit]

grajo (accusative singular grajon, plural grajoj, accusative plural grajojn)

  1. gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation)

Lower Sorbian[edit]

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Verb[edit]

grajo

  1. third-person singular present of graś

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

grajo (Cyrillic spelling грајо)

  1. vocative singular of graja

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *graclu(s), syncopated form of Latin grāculus (“jackdaw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare English grackle, Italian gracchio, and Portuguese gralho.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾaxo/ [ˈɡɾa.xo]
  • Rhymes: -axo
  • Syllabification: gra‧jo

Noun[edit]

grajo m (plural grajos, feminine graja, feminine plural grajas)

  1. a kind of bird:
    1. rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    2. jay, grackle (general term) (clarification of this definition is needed)
    3. San Blas jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus)
      Synonyms: cháchara, cherrete, querre-querre, queixque San Blasiano
    4. great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
      Synonyms: acazanate, clarinero, huertero, itzlaolzanate, izanatl, mulato, pájaro prieto, papate, picho, tordo grande, tordo macho, urraca, zanate
  2. (Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Dominican Republic) body odour
    Synonym: sobaquina
  3. a kind of plant:
    1. (Cuba, Puerto Rico) white stopper Eugenia axillaris
    2. (Cuba) Auerodendron cubense
    3. (Dominican Republic) white twinevine (Funastrum clausum)
  4. (rare) charlatan
    Synonym: charlatán

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