gray

== English == === Alternative forms === grey (Commonwealth spelling) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gray, from Old English grǣġ, grǣw (“grey”), from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”). Cognate with West Frisian grau (“grey”), Dutch grauw (“grey”), German Low German grau, graag (“grey”), German grau (“grey”), Swedish grå (“grey”), Icelandic grár (“grey”), Latin rāvus (“tawny, grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), archaic Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: grā, IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪ/ Homophones: grey, (one pronunciation) greige Rhymes: -eɪ ==== Adjective ==== gray (comparative grayer or more gray, superlative grayest or most gray) (American spelling) Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness. Synonyms: grayish, grizzly; see also Thesaurus:grayish Dreary, gloomy, cloudy. Synonyms: bleak, sombre; see also Thesaurus:cheerless Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability. Synonyms: fuzzy, wooly; see also Thesaurus:vague Gray-haired. Synonyms: grizzly, silver-haired, white-haired Old. Synonyms: cobwebbed, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old Relating to older people. Synonyms: elder, geriatric; see also Thesaurus:elderly the gray dollar ― the purchasing power of the elderly February 8, 1800, Fisher Ames, Eulogy on Washington Gray experience listened to his counsels with respect, and, at a time when youth is almost privileged to be rash, Virginia committed the safety of her frontier, and ultimately the safety of America, not merely to his valor,—for that would be scarcely praise,—but to his prudence. ===== Usage notes ===== In the early 20th century, an attempt was made to introduce an artificial distinction between gray and grey, with the former being used for a "mixture of white and blue", and the latter for a "mixture of white and black"; this has not been generally adopted. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gray (third-person singular simple present grays, present participle graying, simple past and past participle grayed) (ergative) To turn gray. (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region) (transitive, photography) To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== gray (plural grays) An achromatic colour between black and white. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon. A gray wolf A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus. (chiefly US, ufology) Synonym of grey alien. (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === Named after English physicist Louis Harold Gray (1905–1965). ==== Noun ==== gray (plural grays) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Alternative form: Gy Coordinate term: rad (non-SI) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Gary, Yarg, ragy, gyra, yarg == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡrɛj] === Noun === gray m inan gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “gray”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995 == Finnish == === Etymology === From English gray. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrei̯/, [ˈɡre̞i̯] Rhymes: -ei === Noun === gray gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “gray”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁɛj/ === Noun === gray m (plural grays) gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation) == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== gray m (plural grays) (physics) gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation) === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== grey ==== Noun ==== gray m (plural grays) (ufology) gray (one of a race of evil, short extraterrestrial beings) === Further reading === “gray”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === gray c gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation)