different between gre vs gry

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

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Noun

gry (plural gries)

1. (archaic) A small amount.
2. (archaic) One hundredth of an inch in the decimal system of measurement devised by John Locke

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Alternative forms

• gry.

Noun

gry (plural grys)

1. Abbreviation of gray or grey (the color)

Adjective

gry (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of grey or gray (the color)

Anagrams

• Gyr, RGY

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??? (grû).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ry?/, [?ry?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ri/, [?ri]

Noun

gr? n (indeclinable)

1. the least amount; scrap, crumb
2. dirt under the fingernails

References

• gry in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gry in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gry (imperative gry, present tense gryr, passive -, simple past grydde, past participle grydd, present participle gryende)

1. (of a day) to dawn, begin to get light

References

• “gry” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gry (present tense gryr, past tense grydde, past participle grydd/grytt, passive infinitive gryast, present participle gryande, imperative gry)

1. to dawn (a day)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?/

Noun

gry

1. inflection of gra:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Etymology 1

Related to gryt, gryta, and English grit, all from Proto-Germanic *greut?.

Noun

gry n

1. grit (personal trait; in the expression gott gry), courage, spirit

Etymology 2

Cognate with grå.

Verb

gry (present gryr, preterite grydde, supine grytt, imperative gry)

1. to dawn
   • 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Kolvaktaren

Conjugation

Related terms

• gryning

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English grey, from Old English gr??, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz.

Adjective

gry

1. grey

Noun

gry

1. grey

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN