greis
German (Berlin)
/ɡʁaɪ̯s/
adj
Definitions
- (of a person) aged, very old, especially when decrepit or senile
- (of hair) grey (also generally implying very old age, not usually of people in their 40s or 50s)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German grīs inherited from Old High German grīs (grey) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (grey, gray).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*grīsaz
Gloss
grey, gray
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grisette English
- *grīsus Latin
- grisescens Latin
- grigiastro Italian
- grigio Italian
- blauwgrijs Dutch, Flemish
- grijs Dutch, Flemish
- grijsachtig Dutch, Flemish
- grijsblauw Dutch, Flemish
- grijsharig Dutch, Flemish
- grijsrijden Dutch, Flemish
- grijswater Dutch, Flemish
- grijzig Dutch, Flemish
- veldgrijs Dutch, Flemish
- ambre gris French
- bihoreau gris French
- gris French
- grisaille French
- grisement French
- griser French
- grison French
- grisâtre French
- *grīsaz Proto-Germanic
- gris Old French
- gri Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- γκρι Greek (modern)
- grijs Middle Dutch
- grīs Old High German
- gri Turkish
- grys Afrikaans
- grīs Middle High German
- *grīs Old Dutch
- grisat Cimbrian
- grīs Old Saxon
- *gris Frankish
- *grīs Frankish
- grixo Venetian
- jries Central Franconian
- gri Mauritian Creole
- gre North Frisian
- gri Seychellois Creole