gris

See also: grís and gris'

Asturian

Adjective

gris (epicene, plural grises)

grey; gray

Noun

gris m (plural grises)

grey; gray

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡris̺/, [ɡris̺]

Adjective

gris (comparative grisago, superlative grisen, excessive grisegi)

gray, grey
dreary
sad
neutral; having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality

Declension

Declension of gris (adjective, ending in consonant)
		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		gris	grisa	grisak
ergative		grisek	grisak	grisek
dative		grisi	grisari	grisei
genitive		grisen	grisaren	grisen
comitative		grisekin	grisarekin	grisekin
causative		grisengatik	grisarengatik	grisengatik
benefactive		grisentzat	grisarentzat	grisentzat
instrumental		grisez	grisaz	grisez
inessive	anim.	grisengan	grisarengan	grisengan
inessive	inanim.	grisetan	grisean	grisetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
locative	inanim.	grisetako	griseko	grisetako
allative	anim.	grisengana	grisarengana	grisengana
allative	inanim.	grisetara	grisera	grisetara
terminative	anim.	grisenganaino	grisarenganaino	grisenganaino
terminative	inanim.	grisetaraino	griseraino	grisetaraino
directive	anim.	grisenganantz	grisarenganantz	grisenganantz
directive	inanim.	grisetarantz	griserantz	grisetarantz
destinative	anim.	grisenganako	grisarenganako	grisenganako
destinative	inanim.	grisetarako	griserako	grisetarako
ablative	anim.	grisengandik	grisarengandik	grisengandik
ablative	inanim.	grisetatik	grisetik	grisetatik
partitive		grisik	—	—
prolative		gristzat	—	—

Noun

gris inan

gray, grey

Declension

Declension of gris (inanimate, ending in consonant)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gris	grisa	grisak
ergative	grisek	grisak	grisek
dative	grisi	grisari	grisei
genitive	grisen	grisaren	grisen
comitative	grisekin	grisarekin	grisekin
causative	grisengatik	grisarengatik	grisengatik
benefactive	grisentzat	grisarentzat	grisentzat
instrumental	grisez	grisaz	grisez
inessive	grisetan	grisean	grisetan
locative	grisetako	griseko	grisetako
allative	grisetara	grisera	grisetara
terminative	grisetaraino	griseraino	grisetaraino
directive	grisetarantz	griserantz	grisetarantz
destinative	grisetarako	griserako	grisetarako
ablative	grisetatik	grisetik	grisetatik
partitive	grisik	—	—
prolative	gristzat	—	—

Catalan

Etymology

From Frankish *gris.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾis/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Audio (Catalonia) (file)

Adjective

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

grey

Derived terms

grisenc

Noun

gris m (plural grisos)

grey

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gris c (singular definite grisen, plural indefinite grise)

pig (mammal of the family Suidae)
Synonym: svin
pork (meat from a pig)
Synonyms: grisekød, svin, svinekød

Inflection

Declension of gris

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gris	grisen	grise	grisene
genitive	gris'	grisens	grises	grisenes

Derived terms

grise
grisefest
grisekød
pattegris
sparegris

References

“gris” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊ʁis]

Verb

gris

imperative of grise

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Verb

gris

first-person singular present indicative of grissen
imperative of grissen

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/
audio (file)
audio (file)

Adjective

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

grey, gray
(colloquial) drunk, tipsy
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎:
  Si je n’avais pas été gris, je n’aurais certes pas étalé mes papiers. Ils ont dû ennuyer Billard.
  If I hadn't been drunk, I certainly wouldn't have displayed my papers. They must have bored Billard.

Derived terms

ambre gris
baleine grise
bihoreau gris
chardonneret gris
crevette grise
écureuil gris
éminence grise
faire grise mine
gobemouche gris
griser
la nuit, tous les chats sont gris
requin gris
vin gris

Noun

gris m (plural gris)

gray

Descendants

Louisiana Creole French: gri
Mauritian Creole: gri
→ Portuguese: griso
Seychellois Creole: gri

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old 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

grey
(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

(in some dialects) grey

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)

A young pig, grice
The meat of such a pig.
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.

Noun

gris (plural grises)

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

grey
(Jersey) drunk

Synonyms

(drunk): 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)

a pig

Synonyms

svin

Derived terms

grise
grisunge
sparegris

Verb

gris

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)

a pig

Inflection

Historical inflection of gris

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Aasen¹	ein Gris	Grisen	Griser	Griserne
1901			griser (grisir)	griserne (grisine)
1917			griser	grisene
1938			grisar	grisane
1986			griser [grisar]	grisene [grisane]
2012 (current)	ein gris	grisen	grisar, griser	grisane, grisene
other			grisi	grisin

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Synonyms

svin

Derived terms

grise
grisunge
sparegris

Old French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡris/

Adjective

gris m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grise)

gray

Old Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾis̺/

Adjective

gris

grey (having a colour between white and black)

Descendants

Galician: gris
Portuguese: gris

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾiʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾiʃ/

Rhymes: -is
Hyphenation: gris

Adjective

gris (invariable)

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

Related terms

grisalho

Noun

gris m (uncountable)

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

Romanian

Noun

gris n (uncountable)

Alternative form of griș

Declension

declension of gris (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gris	grisul
genitive/dative	(unui) gris	grisului
vocative	grisule

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾis/ [ˈɡɾis]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -is
Syllabification: gris

Adjective

gris (plural grises)

grey, gray
materia gris ― grey matter

Derived terms

agrisar
ámbar gris
ballena gris
lirón gris
magia gris
materia gris
pedrete gris
sustancia gris
zorro gris

Descendants

Basque: gris

Noun

gris m (plural grises)

grey, gray

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gríss.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡriːs/
audio (Gotland) (file)

Noun

gris c

a pig; mammal of the genus Sus
a piglet; young of the pig
Synonym: griskulting
a nasty or dirty person
Du är en riktig gris
You are such a pig.

Declension

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

Synonyms

svin (1,3)

Related terms

grisa
grisaktig
grisblod
griseri
grisfarm
grisfest
grisfoder
grisfot
grishuvud
grisig
griskotlett
griskulting
griskött
grismat
grisskär
grisstia
gristryne
grisuppfödning
grisöga
grisögd
grisöra
lortgris
sminka en gris
spädgris

References

gris in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English grease.

Noun

gris

lipid (oil, fat, grease, etc)
flattery
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:1:
  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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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)

step, stair

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gris	ris	ngris	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

gris

Asturian

Adjective

Noun

Basque

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Noun

Declension

See also

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Noun

See also

Further reading

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

References

Pronunciation

Verb

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Noun

Descendants

See also

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

References

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

See also

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Descendants

References

Noun

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adjective

Synonyms

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms