gruis

See also: Gruis

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gruus, from Old French groisse, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *greot, ultimately related to *greutą (“grits, coarse grains”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrœy̯s/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gruis
• Rhymes: -œy̯s

Noun

gruis n (uncountable, diminutive gruisje n)

1. grit, ground stone or rocks

Derived terms

• steengruis

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: greis

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡru.ɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡruː.is]

Noun

gruis f or m

1. genitive singular of grūs

Noun

gruis f (genitive gruis); third declension

1. alternative form of grūs (“crane”, bird)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	gruis	gruēs
genitive	gruis	gruium
dative	gruī	gruibus
accusative	gruem	gruēs gruīs
ablative	grue	gruibus
vocative	gruis	gruēs

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡru.iːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡruː.is]

Noun

gruīs f

1. accusative plural of gruis

References

• “gruis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gruis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “gruis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.