grey
English
/ɡɹeɪ/
adj
Definitions
- Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
- Dreary, gloomy.
- Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
- Relating to older people.
- (South African English) pertaining to the l.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English grey inherited from Old English grǣġ inherited from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (grey) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (grow, green).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰreh₁-
Gloss
grow, green
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- beard English
- blue English
- blue-grey English
- board English
- body English
- friar English
- grey-blue English
- grey-haired English
- greyback English
- greybeard English
- greyboard English
- greybody English
- greyen English
- greyers English
- greyfriar English
- greyhead English
- greyish English
- greyishly English
- greyishness English
- greylead English
- greyline English
- greylist English
- greyly English
- greymuzzle English
- greyness English
- greyscale English
- greyschist English
- greystone English
- greyware English
- greywater English
- greywether English
- haired English
- head English
- lead English
- line English
- list English
- muzzle English
- nongrey English
- pinko-grey English
- scale English
- schist English
- stone English
- ungrey English
- water English
- wether English
- ravus Latin
- Eigengrau German
- Graubrot German
- Graubruststrandläufer German
- Graugans German
- Graukatze German
- Graukehlralle German
- Graureiher German
- Grauschnäpper German
- aschgrau German
- blaugrau German
- bleigrau German
- dunkelgrau German
- feldgrau German
- grau German
- graublau German
- graubraun German
- graufarben German
- grauschwarz German
- grauweiß German
- gräulich German
- hellgrau German
- lichtgrau German
- mattgrau German
- mausgrau German
- schiefergrau German
- schwarzgrau German
- silbergrau German
- stahlgrau German
- taubengrau German
- weißgrau German
- asgrauw Dutch, Flemish
- blauwgrauw Dutch, Flemish
- grauw Dutch, Flemish
- grauwblauw Dutch, Flemish
- grauwheid Dutch, Flemish
- grauwtje Dutch, Flemish
- grauwvuur Dutch, Flemish
- воззреть Russian
- дозреть Russian
- зоркий Russian
- зрелище Russian
- зрение Russian
- зреть Russian
- зримый Russian
- зритель Russian
- зрительный Russian
- зрячий Russian
- лицезреть Russian
- обозреть Russian
- презирать Russian
- презреть Russian
- призреть Russian
- прозреть Russian
- созреть Russian
- узреть Russian
- умозрительный Russian
- *ghreghwos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰregʰwos Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- blågrå Norwegian Bokmål
- grå Norwegian Bokmål
- gråaktig Norwegian Bokmål
- gråbein Norwegian Bokmål
- gråhvit Norwegian Bokmål
- gråhåra Norwegian Bokmål
- gråhåret Norwegian Bokmål
- gråsone Norwegian Bokmål
- lysegrå Norwegian Bokmål
- sølvgrå Norwegian Bokmål
- *grasą Proto-Germanic
- *grēwaz Proto-Germanic
- grå Swedish
- グレイ Japanese
- blågrå Norwegian Nynorsk
- grå Norwegian Nynorsk
- gråaktig Norwegian Nynorsk
- gråbein Norwegian Nynorsk
- gråhåra Norwegian Nynorsk
- gråsidemus Norwegian Nynorsk
- gråsone Norwegian Nynorsk
- gråtass Norwegian Nynorsk
- lysegrå Norwegian Nynorsk
- sølvgrå Norwegian Nynorsk
- græg Old English
- grǣġ Old English
- grey Middle English
- gráleikr Old Norse
- grána Old Norse
- grár Old Norse
- grásteinn Old Norse
- grå Danish
- *zьrěti Proto-Slavic
- gris Old French
- grár Icelandic
- grau Middle Dutch
- grao Old High German
- grāo Old High German
- gráur Faroese
- gris Norman
- Gromees Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gro Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *grāo Old Dutch
- grao Old Saxon
- зьрѭ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *gris Frankish
- gre Tok Pisin
- grepela Tok Pisin
- lead
- blue
- head
- body
- list
- back
- line
- scale
- water
- beard
- stone
- board
- friar
- schist
- greyen
- ungrey
- greyly
- muzzle
- haired
- wether
- greyers
- nongrey
- greyish
- greyness
- greyline
- greyware
- greybody
- greyhead
- greyback
- greylead
- greylist
- greyfriar
- greywater
- greybeard
- grey-blue
- greystone
- greyboard
- blue-grey
- greyishly
- greyscale
- greyschist
- pinko-grey
- greymuzzle
- greywether
- grey-haired
- greyishness