grey

Meaning

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

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

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹeɪ/

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”)).

Cognate with Dutch

grauw

Cognate with German

grau

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The gorilla
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had a

beautiful grey back
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