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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 1

Borrowed from Mongolian ??? (ger)/??? (ger).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????(?)/

Noun

ger (plural gers)

1. A yurt.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 133:

     The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew ????? (ger).

Noun

ger (plural gerim)

1. A male convert to Judaism.

Anagrams

• -erg-, EGR, ERG, GRE, Reg, erg, gre, reg

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gaura. Compare Lithuanian gauras (“hair, down, tuft of hair”), Latvian gauri (“pubic hair”) and Middle Irish gúaire (“hair”).

Noun

ger m

1. squirrel (furry)

Related terms

• ketër

References

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *g?r, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *?h?r-, zero grade of *?eh?r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ys?r-, “to sing”), Latin garri? (“chatter”), Old English caru (“sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?r/

Noun

ger m (plural gerioù)

1. word
   • 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages. p. 202.

     Skrijal a rae Loeiz o tistagan ar ger [...] 'Louis screamed in pronouncing the word'.

Derived terms

• geriadur ("dictionary")

Inflection

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *g?r, from Proto-Celtic *garyos (“word, speech”), from Proto-Indo-European *?h?r-, zero grade of *?eh?r-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (gêrus, “voice, speech”), Khotanese [script needed] (ys?r-, “to sing”), Latin garri? (“chatter”), Old English ?earu (“sorrow”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [???r]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [?e?r]

Noun

ger m (plural geryow)

1. word
2. saying
3. report

Derived terms

• gerlyver ("dictionary")

Mutation

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??e??]
• Homophone: gerð

Etymology 1

Verb

ger

1. third-person singular present of gera

he, she, it does, makes

1. imperative singular of gera

do! make!

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse [Term?].

Noun

ger f (genitive singular gerar, uncountable)

1. yeast

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /c??r/
• Rhymes: -??r

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Danish gær, from Old Norse gerð, from Proto-Germanic *garwid?.

Noun

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

1. yeast

Declension

Synonyms

• (yeast): jöstur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gør, from Proto-Germanic *garwij? or *gerw?.

Noun

ger n (genitive singular gers, no plural)

1. rotting things (as feed)
2. flock, swarm (of carrion birds, flies, etc.)

Declension

Etymology 3

From Old Norse gerr, gj?rr, g?rr, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Adjective

ger (not comparable)

1. ready, fully prepared

Inflection

Etymology 4

From Old Norse gerr, cognate with Old High German ger (“greedy”).

Adjective

ger (comparative gerari, superlative gerastur)

1. greedy, gluttonous

Inflection

Etymology 5

From Old Norse gerr, gj?rr, gørr, from Proto-Germanic *garwiz, comparative of the adverb corresponding to ger (3).

Adverb

ger (comparative form; superlative gerst)

1. better, more thoroughly

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ??ar

Etymology

Variant of ??ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je?r/

Noun

??r n (nominative plural ??r)

1. year
2. the runic character ? (/j/)

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”).

Noun

g?r m

1. spear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Lombardic: ger
  • ?? Italian: gherone
• Middle High German: g?r
  • German: Ger

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *ger, from Proto-Germanic *geraz.

Adjective

ger

1. greedy

Alternative forms

• giri

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Old Saxon

Etymology

Variant of j?r.

Noun

ger n

1. year

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin gel?, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d??er]

Noun

ger n (plural geruri)

1. frost (cold weather that causes frost to form)
2. frigidness, frosty weather

Declension

Derived terms

• gerar

Related terms

• degera

See also

• frig
• brum?

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je?r/

Verb

ger

1. present tense of ge., contracted from the archaic giver

Welsh

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r/

Preposition

ger

1. next to, near

   Synonym: ar bwys

2. beside

   Synonym: wrth

Derived terms

• gerbron (“before, in the presence of”)
• gerllaw (“nearby”)

Westrobothnian

Adjective

ger

1. Alternative spelling of gjer