different between gire vs gre

English

Noun

gire (plural gires)

1. Obsolete form of gyre.

Anagrams

• Geri, Iger

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?/
• Homophones: girent, gires

Verb

gire

1. first-person singular present indicative of girer
2. third-person singular present indicative of girer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of girer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of girer
5. second-person singular imperative of girer

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ?re, e? (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey-. The initial /d?/ has been extended from subjunctive forms like e?mus (“let's go”) > /?jamus/; monosyllabic forms of this verb had fallen out of use already in Latin by the end of the Classical period.

Alternative forms

• ire (obsolete, archaic, regional)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??i.re/
• Hyphenation: gì?re

Verb

gire

1. (obsolete, regional) to go

   Synonym: andare

Conjugation

Middle English

Adjective

gire

1. Alternative form of gery

Portuguese

Verb

gire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of girar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of girar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of girar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of girar

Spanish

Verb

gire

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of girar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of girar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of girar.

English

Noun

gre (plural gres)

1. Obsolete form of gree.

Anagrams

• -erg-, EGR, ERG, GER, Ger, Ger., Ger??, Reg, erg, ger, reg

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French gré (“step”), from Latin gradus. The senses related to success are potentially from Scottish Gaelic gré.

Alternative forms

• gree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?/

Noun

gre (plural gres)

1. A step, gree or rung; a part of a staircase or ladder.
2. A stage or level as part of a scale; a level of a discontinuous scale.
3. A degree or extent; a level of a continuous scale.
4. Social or professional standing or status; one's position in society or a subset of it.
5. A degree or generation of ancestry; a stage in one's family history.
6. Success, winning or achievement in battle or sport.
7. (geometry) An angular measurement amounting to 1/360 of a circle.
8. (rare) A degree (educational qualification handed out by tertiary institutions)

Related terms

• degre

Descendants

• English: gree (obsolete)
• Scots: gree

References

• “gr??, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-15.

Etymology 2

From Old French gré (“goodwill”), from Latin gr?tum, a noun from Latin gr?tus.

Alternative forms

• gree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?/

Noun

gre (uncountable)

1. A favourable or good attitude; goodwill, kindness.
   • Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale:

     And notified is þur?out þe toun / Þat every wi?t, wiþ greet devocioun, / Sholde preyen Crist þat he þis mariage / Recyve in gree and spede þis viage.

2. Satisfaction, compensation, understanding.

Related terms

• agre
• greable
• green

Descendants

• English: gree (archaic)
• Scots: gree (obsolete)

References

• “gr??, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-15.

Etymology 3

Verb

gre

1. Alternative form of green

North Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gr?saz. Compare Mooring gra, Heligolandic grai, Föhr and Wiedingharde grä.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?r?/

Adjective

gre

1. (Sylt) grey

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English grey.

Adjective

gre

1. grey

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gregis (compare Old Irish graig (“horses”)); cognate with Latin grex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?/

Noun

gre f (plural greoedd)

1. stud (of horses), flock, herd

   Synonyms: haid, gyr, praidd, diadell

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