grus

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See also: Grus, Gruß, and grús

English

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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


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


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

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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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)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Middle Low German grus

Noun

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

  1. gravel

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Middle Low German grus

Noun

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

  1. gravel

Derived terms

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus.

Pronunciation

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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

See also

References


Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Adjective

grūs

  1. great
  2. big

Antonyms