gris

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

gray / grey

Concepts

grey

gray

tipsy

drab

tight

squiffy

drunk

white

silver-grey

ashen

ash-colored

canned

drunken

full

grayish

greyish

dull

leaden

besotted

blind drunk

blotto

cockeyed

crocked

fuddled

loaded

pie-eyed

pissed

pixilated

plastered

slopped

sloshed

smashed

soaked

soused

sozzled

stiff

wet

gray-haired

gray-headed

grey-haired

grey-headed

grizzly

hoar

hoary

white-haired

grayness

greyness

Gris

Jaun Gris

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁi/

Etymology

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

Les pattes sont gris foncé et les iris noirs bordés de clair .

The legs are dark grey and the black irises are lined with light.

Le dessous du corps est jaune , marbré de gris sur la gorge .

The underside of the body is yellow, marbled with grey on the throat.

Son plumage est essentiellement brun gris .

Its plumage is essentially grey-brown.

La couleur des parties supérieures varie d'agouti gris à doré .

The colour of the upper parts varies from grey agouti to golden.