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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

Mutation

English

Etymology

Compare gear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)/

Noun

gare (uncountable)

1. coarse wool on the legs of sheep

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Blount to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Ager, GRAE, Gear, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gear, rage

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

gare

1. Inflected form of gaar

Verb

gare

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of garen

French

Etymology

From garer (“to dock, park”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?/, /???/
• Homophone: Gard

Noun

gare f (plural gares)

1. railway station

Derived terms

• gare ferroviaire
• gare routière

Verb

gare

1. inflection of garer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interjection

gare

1. (transitive with à) beware (something)

   Gare au refroidissement !

   Synonym: attention

Derived terms

• sans crier gare

Further reading

• “gare” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• géra, rage, ragé

German

Verb

gare

1. inflection of garen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -are

Noun

gare f

1. plural of gara

Anagrams

• agre, egra, erga

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Alternative forms

• gar, gore, gere, gære

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?r/, /????r/

Noun

gare (plural gares)

2. (chiefly Early Middle English) A weapon (especially one with a sharp point, such as a spear, or a sword)

Related terms

• garfysche
• garlek
• nauger
• goren

Descendants

• English: gar, gore

References

• “g?re, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

Noun

gare

1. Alternative form of gore (“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gare.

Noun

gare f (plural gares)

1. train station or platform

Scots

Adjective

gare (comparative mair gare, superlative maist gare)

1. greedy; miserly