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grr
English
Alternative forms
- grrr, grrrr (and so on, depending on length or ferocity), grrrh
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Interjection
grr
- A growl of strong anger or disappointment.
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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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