gro
English
Etymology
Shortening of gross, perhaps via grody.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Adjective
gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)
- (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
- Wash your hair! It's totally gro.
See also
- grody
Anagrams
- Org., Rog, org, org., rog
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German grāo, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʀo/, [ɡʀoː]
- Rhymes: -oː
Adjective
gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)
- grey
Declension
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass gro | si ass gro | et ass gro | si si(nn) gro | |
without article | nominative/accusative | groen | gro | grot | gro |
dative | groem | groer | groem | groen | |
with article | nominative/accusative | groen | gro | grot | gro |
dative | groen | groer | groen | groen |
See also
Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text) | ||||
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wäiss | gro | schwaarz | ||
rout | orange ; brong | giel | ||
gréng | ||||
himmelblo | blo | |||
violett ; indigo | magenta ; mof | rosa |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gróa
Verb
gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)
- to grow
- to sprout, germinate
Derived terms
- inngrodd
- mosegrodd
References
- “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡruː/
Verb
gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)
- (of plants and body hair): to grow
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- The grass is growing well in this heat.
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- to sprout, germinate
- (of cuts and sores): to heal
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
- Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
Derived terms
- inngrodd
- mosegrodd
References
- “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.
Adjective
gro
- gray, grey
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrɔ/
Noun
gro
- vocative singular of gra
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French gros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrôː/
- Hyphenation: gro
Adverb
grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)
- much, a lot
Synonyms
- pȕno, mnȍgo, dȍsta
References
- “gro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English grow.
Verb
gro
- To grow.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.
Noun
gro m pl (singulative gröyn)
- gravel, pebbles