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Albanian

Etymology

Plural of grua.

Noun

gra

1. women

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan gran), from Latin gr?num (compare French grain, Spanish grano), from Proto-Indo-European *?r?h?nóm.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /???a/
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

gra m (plural grans)

1. grain
2. pimple

Derived terms

• esgranar
• graner

Further reading

• “gra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French gras (“fat”)

Adjective

gra

1. fat

Italiot Greek

Noun

gra f

1. berry

Polish

Etymology

From Old Polish igra, from Proto-Slavic *j?gra (“play, game”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra/

Noun

gra f (diminutive gierka)

1. play
2. game

Declension

Synonyms

• (play): zabawa

Related terms

• (verb) gra?
• (noun) gracz
• (adjective) growy

Verb

gra

1. third-person singular present indicative of gra?

Further reading

• gra in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• gra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Etymology

From Irish grá

Noun

gra (plural gras)

1. (Ulster) liking for; affection.

References

• Glossary of Words in the Counties of Antrim and Down, William Hugh Patterson, 1880

English

Etymology

From Middle English allowen, alowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman allouer, alouer, from Medieval Latin allaud?re, present active infinitive of allaud?, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin alloc? (“to assign”). The similarity with Middle English alyfen (from Old English ?l?fan, ?l?efan) and German erlauben, both from Proto-Germanic *uzlaubijan? (“to allow”) is coincidental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??la?/
• enPR: ?-lou'
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

allow (third-person singular simple present allows, present participle allowing, simple past and past participle allowed)

1. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
2. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
3. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.

4. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
5. To not bar or obstruct.
6. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.

7. (transitive) To render physically possible.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
9. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
10. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.

Synonyms

• allot, assign, bestow, concede, admit, let, permit, suffer, tolerate

Derived terms

Related terms

• allowance
• disallow

Translations

References

• allow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.