grey
Betekenis (English)
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- British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
- (slang) Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).
Synonyms
turned gray
turned grey
grey-headed
ash-gray
ash-colored
gray-headed
ash-coloured
ash-colour
ashcolored
pepper-and-salt
ash-grey
ashen grey
dappled grey
dappled gray
smoke-coloured
of a dirty white colour
of a dusty
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɡɹeɪ/
Etimologie (English)
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”)).
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