gro
English
Etymology
Shortening of gross, perhaps via grody.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Adjective
gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)
- (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
- Wash your hair! It's totally gro.
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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German grāo, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)
Declension
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass gro | si ass gro | et ass gro | si si(nn) gro | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | groen | gro | grot | gro |
independent without determiner | groes | groer | |||
dative | after any declined word | groen | groer | groen | groen |
as first declined word | groem | groem |
See also
wäiss | gro | schwaarz |
rout | orange; brong | giel |
gréng | ||
turquoise | blo (hellblo, himmelblo) | blo (donkelblo) |
violett; indigo | magenta; mof | rosa; pink |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)
Derived terms
References
- “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.
Pronunciation
Verb
gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)
- (of plants and body hair): to grow
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- The grass is growing well in this heat.
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- to sprout, germinate
- (of cuts and sores): to heal
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
- Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
Derived terms
References
- “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.
Adjective
gro
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
gro
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)
Synonyms
References
- “gro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Verb
gro
- To grow.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.
Noun
- Rhymes:English/əʊ
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