gris

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Basque

Noun

gris ?

  1. gray, grey

See also

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text)
     zuri      gris      beltz
             gorri              laranja; marroi              hori
                          berde             
                          oztin              urdin
             ubel              more              arrosa

Catalan

Etymology

From Frankish *gris.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gris (feminine grisa, masculine plural grisos, feminine plural grises)

  1. grey

Derived terms

Noun

gris m (plural grisos)

  1. grey

See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      negre
             roig, vermell; carmesí              taronja; marró              groc; crema
             verd llima              verd             
             cian; xarxet              atzur              blau
             violat; indi              magenta; lila, porpra              rosa

Further reading

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gríss.

Noun

gris c (singular definite grisen, plural indefinite grise)

  1. pig (mammal)
Declension
Declension of gris
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gris grisen grise grisene
genitive gris' grisens grises grisenes
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See grise (“to dirty, mess up”).

Verb

gris

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of grise

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

gris

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of grissen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of grissen

French

Etymology

From Old French or Old Occitan, both from Frankish gris, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”). Akin to Old High German grīs (“grey”) (German greis) and Dutch grijs (“grey”). More at grizzle.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gris (feminine grise, masculine plural gris, feminine plural grises)

  1. grey, gray
  2. (colloquial) drunk, tipsy

Derived terms

Noun

gris m (plural gris)

  1. gray

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi, carmin              orange; brun, marron              jaune; crème
             lime              vert              menthe
             cyan, turquoise; bleu canard              azur, bleu ciel              bleu
             violet, lilas; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese gris (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French gris, from Frankish gris, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gris m (plural f)

  1. grey
  2. (archaic, of pelts) of squirrel

Derived terms

References

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare German greis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gris

  1. (in some dialects) grey

See also

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gríss, potentially from or related to Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

gris (plural grises)

  1. A young pig, grice
  2. The meat of such a pig.
  3. A boar
Descendants
  • English: grice Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "dialectal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Scots: grice
References

Etymology 2

From Old French gris.

Noun

gris (plural grises)

  1. Alternative form of grys

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French or Old Occitan, in either case from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰregʰwos (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to glow, shine”).

Adjective

gris m

  1. grey
  2. (Jersey) drunk

Synonyms

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse gríss

Noun

gris m (definite singular grisen, indefinite plural griser, definite plural grisene)

  1. a pig
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

gris

  1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of grise

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gris m (definite singular grisen, indefinite plural griser or grisar, definite plural grisene or grisane)

  1. pig

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old French

Pronunciation

Adjective

gris m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grise)

  1. gray

Old Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gris, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰregʰwos (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to glow, shine”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gris

  1. grey (having a colour between white and black)

Descendants

See also

Colors in Old Galician-Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
     branco, blanco, alvo      gris      negro, preto
             vermelho              castanho              amarelo
                          verde             
                                       azur
                          cardẽo              rosa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gris, from Old French gris, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰregʰwos (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to glow, shine”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: gris

Adjective

gris (invariable)

  1. grey (having a colour between white and black)

Synonyms

Noun

gris m (uncountable)

  1. grey (the colour between white and black)

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Occitan or Old Occitan gris, from Frankish *gris, from Proto-Germanic *grisa (“grey”), *grēwaz (“grey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾis/ [ˈɡɾis]
  • Hyphenation: gris

Adjective

gris m or f (masculine and feminine plural grises)

  1. grey, gray
    materia gris ― grey matter

Derived terms

Noun

gris m (plural grises)

  1. grey, gray

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro
             rojo; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado; marrón              amarillo; crema
             lima              verde              menta
             cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo              celeste, cerúleo              azul
             violeta; añil, índigo              magenta; morado, púrpura              rosa, rosado

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

Noun

gris

  1. a pig; mammal of the genus Sus
  2. a piglet; young of the pig
  3. a nasty or dirty person
    Du är en riktig gris
    You are such a pig.

Declension

Declension of gris 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gris grisen grisar grisarna
Genitive gris grisens grisars grisarnas

Synonyms

See also

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English grease

Noun

gris

  1. lipid (oil, fat, grease, etc)
  2. flattery
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