gris

Meaning

Adj

1. grey / gray
2. (colloquial) drunk, tipsy

Noun

gray / grey

Concepts

grey

gray

tipsy

drab

tight

drunk

squiffy

drunken

dull

fuddled

full

grayish

grayness

grey-haired

greyish

greyness

grizzly

hoar

hoary

leaden

loaded

pie-eyed

pissed

pixilated

plastered

silver-grey

slopped

sloshed

smashed

soaked

soused

sozzled

stiff

wet

white

ash-colored

gray-haired

gray-headed

white-haired

grey-headed

Gris

Jaun Gris

gray

ashen

grey

besotted

blind drunk

blotto

canned

cockeyed

Synonyms

grisonner

pompette

grise

grisâtre

émeché

blanc

ivre

éméché

rigide

saoul

sombre

terne

trempé

beurré

bis

de couleur grise

de plomb

devenir gris

gris cendré

pété

plombé

schlass

éméchée

empégué

égayé

blême

bourré

couvert

émechée

flou

maussade

mouillé

Translations

gris

grigio

grau

gris

grijs

gri

cinza

cinzento

boz

grauw

aangeschoten

bigio

γκρίζος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁi/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: grīs

Cognate with German: greis

Cognate with Dutch: grijs

In summary

Derived from Old French or Old Occitan, both from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”). Akin to Old High German grīs (“grey”) (German greis) and Dutch grijs (“grey”). More at grizzle.

Sentences

Son trait est gris , noir , bleu foncé ou gris de plomb .

Its line is grey, black, dark blue or lead grey.

Dans ce cas , la texture à fournir est en nuances de gris .

In this case, the texture to be provided is in shades of gray.

La toiture était gris ardoise .

The roof was slate gray.

Sa face ventrale varie du jaune au gris .

Its ventral side varies from yellow to grey.