grus

See also: Grus, Gruß, and grús

English

Noun

grus (plural gruses)

1. (geology) An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.

Anagrams

• rugs

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German grūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːs/, [ɡ̊ʁuːˀs]

Noun

grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form)

1. gravel

References

• “grus” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Latin

grūs (a crane)

Etymology

From *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse, whose etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡruːs/, [ɡruːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡrus/, [ɡrus]

Noun

grūs m or f (genitive gruis); third declension

1. crane, a bird also eaten as food
2. a type of siege weapon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	grūs	gruēs
Genitive	gruis	gruum
Dative	gruī	gruibus
Accusative	gruem	gruēs
Ablative	grue	gruibus
Vocative	grūs	gruēs

Synonyms

• (weapon): corvus

Derived terms

• gruō

Descendants

• Albanian: kurrilë
• English: Grus
• Translingual: Grus
• French: grue

• Italian: gru
• Portuguese: grou, grua (possibly via French), grulha (via Spanish)
• Romanian: grui
• Spanish: grulla, grúa

References

• “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German grus

Noun

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

1. gravel

Derived terms

• grusvei, grusveg

References

• “grus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German grus

Noun

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

1. gravel

Derived terms

• grusveg

References

• “grus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

grus n

1. gravel; small pieces of stone
2. red clay (on a tennis court), hard court

Declension

Declension of grus
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	grus	gruset	—	—
Genitive	grus	grusets	—	—

Related terms

grusa grusbacke grusbana grusbank grusbelägga grusbeläggning

grusbil grusbädd grusgrop grusgång grushög grusig

gruskorn grusning grusplan grusspelare grustag grustennis

grustäckt grustäkt grusviva grusväg grusås grusöken

See also

• asfalt
• gräs
• morän
• sand
• singel
• stone

References

• grus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

grūs

1. great
2. big

Antonyms

• (big): klīn