gres

See also: GREs, Gres, grés, grès, Greś, and Gręś

English

Noun

gres

1. plural of gre

Catalan

Etymology

From gresa (“granitic sand, sandy regolith”), variant form of greda (“clay”), or borrowed from French grès (“sandstone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈɡɾe̞s]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɡɾɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɡɾes]

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Noun

gres m (plural gresos)

1. sandstone

   Synonym: pedra sorrenca

2. stoneware

Further reading

• “gres”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “gres”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Etymology

From French grès.

Noun

gres m (invariable)

1. stoneware

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

gres

1. alternative form of gras

Etymology 2

From gre +‎ -es.

Noun

gres

1. plural of gre (“step, degree”)

Etymology 3

Noun

gres

1. alternative form of grece (“grease”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡres/
• Rhymes: -es

Noun

gres n (late Kentish)

1. alternative form of græs

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	gres	grasu
accusative	gres	grasu
genitive	greses	grasa
dative	grese	grasum

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French grès.

Noun

gres n (plural gresuri)

1. sandstone

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gres	gresul	gresuri	gresurile
genitive-dative	gres	gresului	gresuri	gresurilor
vocative	gresule		gresurilor

References

• gres in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Welsh

Etymology

Uncertain derivation; possibly from the same root as gwres

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡreːs/
• Rhymes: -eːs

Proper noun

gres f

1. passion, wrath, desire
2. heat

Mutation

Mutated forms of gres

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gres	res	ngres	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gres”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies