different between grime vs grubbiness

English

Etymology

From Middle English grim (“dirt or soot covering the face”), from a specialized note of Old English gr?ma (“mask”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?mô (“mask”). Possibly influenced by Danish grim (“soot, grime”), Old Dutch grijmsel, Middle Dutch grime, Middle Low German greme (“dirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m

Noun

grime (uncountable)

1. Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

2. (music) A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.

Derived terms

• grimeless
• grimy

Translations

Verb

grime (third-person singular simple present grimes, present participle griming, simple past and past participle grimed)

1. To begrime; to cake with dirt.

Derived terms

• begrime

Anagrams

• gerim

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??im/
• Homophones: griment, grimes

Verb

grime

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

Portuguese

Noun

grime m (uncountable)

1. (music) grime (a genre of urban music)

Scots

Alternative forms

• gryme, greim

Etymology

Of Flemish origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r?i?m/

Verb

grime (third-person singular present grimes, present participle grimein, past grimet, past participle grimet)

1. (archaic) To sprinkle, fleck, or to cover with a layer of fine material (e.g. snow, dust).

Spanish

Noun

grime m (plural grimes)

1. grime (music genre)

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rim?/

Noun

grime c (no plural)

1. anger, wrath

Further reading

• “grime (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

grubby +? -ness

Noun

grubbiness (countable and uncountable, plural grubbinesses)

1. The characteristic or quality of being grubby.