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4-letter words (2 found)

GRIS,RIGS,

3-letter words (5 found)

GIS,RIG,SIG,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (3 found)

GI,IS,SI,

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gris rgis girs igrs rigs irgs grsi rgsi gsri sgri rsgi srgi gisr igsr gsir sgir isgr sigr risg irsg rsig srig isrg sirg

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Definitions and meaning of gris

gris

Asturian

Adjective

gris (epicene, plural grises)

  1. grey; gray

Noun

gris m (plural grises)

  1. grey; gray

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡris̺/ [ɡris̺]
  • Rhymes: -is̺
  • Hyphenation: gris

Adjective

gris (comparative grisago, superlative grisen, excessive grisegi)

  1. gray, grey
  2. dreary
  3. sad
  4. neutral; having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality

Declension

Noun

gris inan

  1. gray, grey

Declension

See also

Catalan

Etymology

From Frankish *gris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡɾis]

Adjective

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

  1. grey

Derived terms

  • grisenc

Noun

gris m (plural grisos)

  1. grey

See also

Further reading

  • “gris” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “gris”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “gris” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “gris” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːˀs/, [ˈɡ̊ʁiˀs]
  • Rhymes: -iːˀs

Noun

gris c (singular definite grisen, plural indefinite grise)

  1. pig (mammal of the family Suidae)
    Synonym: svin
  2. pork (meat from a pig)
    Synonyms: grisekød, svin, svinekød
Declension
Derived terms

References

  • “gris” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊ʁis]

Verb

gris

  1. imperative of grise

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

gris

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁi/

Adjective

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

  1. grey, gray
  2. (colloquial) drunk, tipsy

Derived terms

Noun

gris m (plural gris)

  1. gray

Descendants

  • → Greek: γκρι (gkri)
  • Louisiana Creole: gri
  • Mauritian Creole: gri
  • → Portuguese: griso
  • → Romanian: gri
  • Seychellois Creole: gri
  • → Turkish: gri

See also

Further reading

  • “gris”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gris (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French gris, from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾis/

Adjective

gris

  1. grey
  2. (archaic, of pelts) of squirrel

Derived terms

  • grisallo

References

  • “gris” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “gris” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “gris” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “gris” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “gris” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • gries

Etymology

Compare German greis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːs/

Adjective

gris

  1. (in some dialects) grey

See also

  • graag, grau (graug)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gríss, potentially from or related to Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

Alternative forms

  • grys, gryce, grice, grise

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːs/, /ɡris/

Noun

gris (plural grises)

  1. A young pig, grice
  2. The meat of such a pig.
  3. A boar
Descendants
  • English: grice (dialectal)
  • Scots: grice
References
  • “grī̆s, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 2

Noun

gris (plural grises)

  1. Alternative form of grys

Norman

Alternative forms

  • gri (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French or Old Occitan, 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: bédé-ouinne, blindé, bragi, bringuesingue, chonmé, en bouaisson, envitoué, gâté d'béthe, ivre, souîn, soûl

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. a pig
    Synonym: svin
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

gris

  1. imperative of grise

References

  • “gris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gríss.

Noun

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

  1. a pig
    Synonym: svin

Inflection

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾis/

Adjective

gris m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grise)

  1. gray

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gris, from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾis̺/

Adjective

gris

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

Descendants

  • Galician: gris
  • Portuguese: gris

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gris, from Old French gris, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
  • Hyphenation: gris

Adjective

gris (invariable)

  1. grey (having a colour between white and black)
    Synonyms: cinza, cinzento, acinzentado

Related terms

  • grisalho

Noun

gris m (uncountable)

  1. grey (the colour between white and black)
    Synonym: cinza

See also

Romanian

Noun

gris n (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of griș

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Occitan or Old Occitan gris, from Frankish *gris, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾis/ [ˈɡɾis]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: gris

Adjective

gris m or f (masculine and feminine plural grises)

  1. grey, gray
    materia gris ― grey matter
    zona gris ― grey area

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Basque: gris

Noun

gris m (plural grises)

  1. grey, gray

See also

Further reading

  • “gris”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːs/

Noun

gris c

  1. a pig; mammal of the genus Sus
    Synonym: svin
  2. a piglet; young of the pig
    Synonym: griskulting
  3. a nasty or dirty person
    Synonym: svin
  4. (slang, derogatory) a pig (cop, police officer)
    Synonyms: snut, byling, polis
  5. (slang, derogatory, in the singular definite "grisen") the pigs (the police, collectively)
    Synonyms: aina, farbror blå, bängen, snuten, bylingen, polisen

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • grisa
  • griseri
  • grisig

See also

References

  • gris in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • gris in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • gris in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English grease.

Noun

gris

  1. lipid (oil, fat, grease, etc.)
  2. flattery

Related terms

  • grisim

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English grece, from Old French grez, plural of gré, from Latin gradus. Doublet of gradd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡriːs/

Noun

gris f or m (plural grisiau)

  1. step, stair

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