grei

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese grey, gree, from Latin grex. Doublet of grea.[1]

Cognate with Portuguese grei and Spanish grey.

Pronunciation

Noun

grei f (plural greis)

  1. association, society (group of people)
  2. (Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)
  3. (historical) group of vassals or subjects
  4. (literary) nation

References

  1. ^ Template:R:DCECH

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse greiðr.

Adjective

grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greit, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiere, indefinite superlative greiest, definite superlative greieste)

  1. straight, easy
  2. clear, plain, obvious, straightforward
  3. nice, kind, good, good-natured

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse greiðr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greitt, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiare, indefinite superlative greiast, definite superlative greiaste)

  1. simple, easy; straightforward
    Dette var ei grei oppgåve.
    This was an easy task.
  2. practical; useful, good; OK
    Er denne organiseringa grei?
    Is this setup good?
  3. nice, kind
    Dei er greie personar.
    They are nice people.

Verb

grei

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of greia

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin gregis and grex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrej/, /ɡrɛj/
  • Hyphenation: grei

Noun

grei f (plural greis)

  1. small flock of livestock
  2. (figuratively) association; society (group of people)
  3. (Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)
  4. (historical) group of vassals or subjects
  5. (obsolete) a people

References

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