Grey
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /gɹeɪ/
- SAMPA: /greI/
Noun
grey (Outside US), gray (US)
- An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white
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Adjective
grey (Outside US) gray (US)
- Having a grey colour.
- Dreary, gloomy
- Having an indistinct or disputed quality
Translations
- Bosnian: siva f
- Breton: louet, gris
- Chinese: 灰, 灰色
- Dutch: grijs
- Esperanto: grisa
- Finnish: harmaa
- French: gris
- Frisian: griis
- German: grau
- Hungarian: szürke
- Indonesian: kelabu, abu-abu
- Irish: liath
- Italian: grigio
- Interlingua: gris
- Japanese: 灰色 (はいいろ, hai-iro), ねずみ色 (ねずみいろ, nezumi-iro)
- Persian: خاكِستَری (xākestæri)
- Polish: szary
- Portuguese: cinzento m, cinzenta f
- Romanian: gri
- Spanish: gris
- Swedish: grått n, grå c, gråa pl
- Turkish: külrengi
- Vietnamese: xám
Verb
gray (US) grey (Outside US)
- To become grey or cause to become grey.
- My hair is beginning to gray.
Spelling Note
There happens to be a handy mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: grey is the English spelling, while gray is the American spelling.
Related terms
- grey area
- greybeard
- greyness
- greyhound
See also
pt:grey