grajo
See also: Grajo
Esperanto
Etymology
Back-formation from Grajo, having been named after English physicist Louis Harold Gray.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [ˈɡrajo]
- Rhymes: -ajo
- Hyphenation: gra‧jo
Noun
grajo (accusative singular grajon, plural grajoj, accusative plural grajojn)
- gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡrajɔ]
Verb
grajo
- third-person singular present of graś
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
grajo (Cyrillic spelling грајо)
- vocative singular of graja
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *graclu(s), syncopated form of Latin grāculus (“jackdaw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare English grackle, Italian gracchio, and Portuguese gralho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾaxo/ [ˈɡɾa.xo]
- Rhymes: -axo
- Syllabification: gra‧jo
Noun
grajo m (plural grajos, feminine graja, feminine plural grajas)
- a kind of bird:
- rook (Corvus frugilegus)
- jay, grackle (general term) (clarification of this definition is needed)
- San Blas jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus)
- Synonyms: cháchara, cherrete, querre-querre, queixque San Blasiano
- great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Synonyms: acazanate, clarinero, huertero, itzlaolzanate, izanatl, mulato, pájaro prieto, papate, picho, tordo grande, tordo macho, urraca, zanate
- (Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Dominican Republic) body odour
- Synonym: sobaquina
- a kind of plant:
- (Cuba, Puerto Rico) white stopper Eugenia axillaris
- (Cuba) Auerodendron cubense
- (Dominican Republic) white twinevine (Funastrum clausum)
- (rare) charlatan
- Synonym: charlatán
Derived terms
- grajo azul
- grajo azulejo
- grajo verde
- no entiendo de graja pelada
References
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 419
Further reading
- “grajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014