gris

gris (epicene, plural grises)

1. grey; gray

gris m (plural grises)

1. grey; gray

Borrowed from Spanish gris.

• IPA^(key): /ɡris̺/ [ɡris̺]

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• Rhymes: -is̺
• Hyphenation: gris

gris (comparative grisago, superlative grisen, excessive grisegi)

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

gris inan

1. gray, grey

From Frankish *gris.

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

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

1. grey

• grisenc

gris m (plural grisos)

1. grey

• “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.

From Old Norse gríss.

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

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

• “gris” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊ʁis]

gris

1. imperative of grise

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gris

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi/

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

1. grey, gray
2. (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.

gris m (plural gris)

1. gray

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾis/

gris

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

• grisallo

• “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.

• gries

Compare German greis.

• IPA^(key): /ɡriːs/

gris

1. (in some dialects) grey

• graag, grau (graug)

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

• grys, gryce, grice, grise

• IPA^(key): /ɡriːs/, /ɡris/

gris (plural grises)

1. A young pig, grice
2. The meat of such a pig.
3. A boar

• English: grice (dialectal)
• Scots: grice

• “grī̆s, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

gris (plural grises)

1. Alternative form of grys

• gri (Sark)

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”).

gris m

1. grey
2. (Jersey) drunk

   Synonyms: bédé-ouinne, blindé, bragi, bringuesingue, chonmé, en bouaisson, envitoué, gâté d'béthe, ivre, souîn, soûl

• grisi (“to go grey”)

From Old Norse gríss.

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

1. a pig

   Synonym: svin

gris

1. imperative of grise

• “gris” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse gríss.

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

1. a pig

   Synonym: svin

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾis/

gris m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grise)

1. gray

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾis̺/

gris

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

• Galician: gris
• Portuguese: gris

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

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

gris (invariable)

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

   Synonyms: cinza, cinzento, acinzentado

• grisalho

gris m (uncountable)

1. grey (the colour between white and black)

   Synonym: cinza

gris n (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of griș

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾis/ [ˈɡɾis]

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• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: gris

gris m or f (masculine and feminine plural grises)

1. grey, gray

   materia gris ― grey matter

• Basque: gris

gris m (plural grises)

1. grey, gray

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

From Old Norse gríss.

• IPA^(key): /ɡriːs/

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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

   Du är en riktig gris.

   You are such a pig.

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

• grisa
• griseri
• grisig

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

From English grease.

gris

1. lipid (oil, fat, grease, etc.)
2. 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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• grisim

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡriːs/

gris f or m (plural grisiau)

1. step, stair