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Webster 1913 Edition

Gris

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Gris

,
Adj.
[OF. & F., fr. LL.
griseus
; of German origin; cf. MHG.
gris
, G.
greis
, hoary. Cf.
Grizzle
.]
Gray.
[R.]
Chaucer.

Gris

,
Noun.
[OF., fr.
gris
gray. Cf. G.
grauwerk
(lit. gray work) the gray skin of the Siberian squirrel. See
Gris
,
Adj.
]
A costly kind of fur.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Gris

(grĭs)
,
Noun.
s
ing.
&
pl.
[See
Grice
a pig.]
A little pig.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gris

GRIS

,
Noun.
A kind of fur.

Definition 2024

gris

gris

See also: grís and gris'

Basque

Noun

gris

  1. gray, grey

See also

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text)
     gorri      berde      hori      ?      zuri
     {{{crimson}}}      ?      ?      ?      arrosa
     ?      urdin      laranja      gris      ?
     beltz      more      marroi      ?      ?

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾis/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾis/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾis/

Adjective

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

  1. grey

Noun

gris m ‎(uncountable)

  1. grey

See also

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

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːs/, [ɡ̊ʁiːˀs]
  • Rhymes: -es

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gríss.

Noun

gris c (singular definite grisen, plural indefinite grise)

  1. pig (mammal)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See grise ‎(“to dirty, mess up”).

Verb

gris

  1. imperative of grise

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

gris

  1. first-person singular present indicative of grissen
  2. imperative of grissen

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁi/

Adjective

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

  1. grey, gray

Derived terms

  • griser ‎(“to go grey”)

Noun

gris m ‎(plural gris)

  1. gray

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     rouge      vert      jaune      crème      blanc
     cramoisi      magenta      bleu canard      vert citron      rose
     indigo      bleu      orange      gris      violet
     noir      pourpre      brun      azur      cyan

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare German greis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːs/

Adjective

gris

  1. (in some dialects) grey

See also

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French or Old Provençal, 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

  • grisi ‎(“to go grey”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gríss

Noun

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

  1. pig
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

gris

  1. imperative of grise

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. pig

Derived terms

Old French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡris/

Adjective

gris m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular grise)

  1. gray

Old Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾis̺/

Adjective

gris

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

Descendants

See also

Colors in Old Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
     vermello      verde      amarelo      ?      branco
     {{{crimson}}}      ?      ?      ?      rosa
     ?      azur      ?      gris      ?
     negro, preto      cardẽo      castanno      ?      ?

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old 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

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾiʃ/
  • Hyphenation: gris

Adjective

gris ‎(plural gris, comparable)

  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 Provençal gris, from Frankish *gris, from Proto-Germanic *grisa ‎(“grey”), *grēwaz ‎(“grey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡris/
  • Hyphenation: gris

Adjective

gris m, f ‎(plural grises)

  1. grey, gray

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     rojo      verde      amarillo      crema      blanco
     carmín, carmesí, carmesín, cremesín, cremesino      magenta      azul-petróleo      lima      rosa
     añil      azul      naranja,
anaranjado 		     gris      violeta
     negro      morado      marrón      azur      cian

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

Declension

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

Related terms

Synonyms

See also

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English grease

Noun

gris

  1. lipid (oil, fat, grease, etc)
  2. flattery
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:1 (translation here):
      God, Bikpela i bin wokim olgeta animal, tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol inap winim snek long tok gris. Na snek i askim meri olsem, “Ating God i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong gaden, a?”

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