grey

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
2. (South-Africa, slang) Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).

Verb

Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

Noun

Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

Sinonieme

gray

gray

hoary

dull

turned gray

colourless

colourless

grey-haired

turned grey

drab

grizzly

white

grey-headed

brown

blue

hoar

colorless

expressionless

😑

colorless

inexpressive

ashen

ashy

white-haired

ash-gray

ash-colored

pale

grayish

colourless

dun

faceless

grayness

greyish

greyness

grizzled

impersonal

inadequate

insipid

light blue

mildew

pallid

tipsy

vapid

gray-haired

gray-headed

ash-coloured

ash-colour

mold

murky

off-white

old

🧓

Vertalings

gris

grigio

gris

grau

grijs

gris

grisonner

cinza

cinzento

grauw

gri

canus

bigio

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡɹeɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: grey

Geërf van Old English: grǣġ

Verwante met Nederlands: grauw

Verwante met Duits: grau

Verwante met Old Norse: grár

Verwante met Latyn: rāvus

Verwante met Kerkslawies: зьрѭ

Verwante met Russies: зреть

Verwante met Litaus: žeriù

In summary

From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).

Sinne

The gorilla had a beautiful grey back .