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gro
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??r??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.
Adjective
gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)
- (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
- Wash your hair! It's totally gro.
See also
- grody
Etymology 2
Shortening of gross (noun).
Numeral
gro
- The cardinal number occurring after el do el (??) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.
See also
- mo
Etymology 3
Shortening of grove.
Noun
gro
- (Britain, in street addresses) Abbreviation of grove.
Anagrams
- Org., Rog, org, org., rog
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German gr?o, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??o/, [??o?]
- Rhymes: -o?
Adjective
gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)
- grey
Declension
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gróa
Verb
gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)
- to grow
- to sprout, germinate
Derived terms
- inngrodd
- mosegrodd
References
- “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru?/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.
Verb
gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)
- (of plants and body hair): to grow
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- The grass is growing well in this heat.
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- to sprout, germinate
- (of cuts and sores): to heal
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
- Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
Derived terms
- inngrodd
- mosegrodd
Etymology 2
Noun
gro f (definite singular groa, indefinite plural grør, definite plural grørne)
- a toad
- Synonym: padde
References
- “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.
Adjective
gro
- gray, grey
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?/
Noun
gro
- vocative singular of gra
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French gros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rô?/
- Hyphenation: gro
Adverb
gr? (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- much, a lot
Synonyms
- p?no, mn?go, d?sta
References
- “gro” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English grow.
Verb
gro
- To grow.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gr?w, from Proto-Celtic *gr?w?.
Noun
gro m pl (singulative gröyn)
- gravel, pebbles
Mutation
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gry
English
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
gry (plural gries)
- (archaic) A small amount.
- (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)
- Abbreviation of gray or grey (the color)
Adjective
gry (not comparable)
- 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)
- the least amount; scrap, crumb
- 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)
- (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)
- to dawn (a day)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?/
Noun
gry
- inflection of gra:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Swedish
Etymology 1
Related to gryt, gryta, and English grit, all from Proto-Germanic *greut?.
Noun
gry n
- 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)
- to dawn
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Kolvaktaren
- 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
- grey
Noun
gry
- 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
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