grei
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese grey, gree, from Latin grex. Doublet of grea.
Cognate with Portuguese grei and Spanish grey.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡrej/, /ɡrɛj/
=== Noun ===
grei f (plural greis)
association, society (group of people)
(Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)
(historical) group of vassals or subjects
(literary) nation
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “grey”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “grei”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grei”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “grei”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse greiðr, cognate Icelandic greiður.
=== Adjective ===
grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greit, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiere, indefinite superlative greiest, definite superlative greieste)
straight, easy
clear, plain, obvious, straightforward
nice, kind, good, good-natured
=== References ===
“grei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse greiðr, cognate Icelandic greiður.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡrɛɪː/, [ɡrɛ̝ɪ̯ː], [ɡræɪ̯ː], [ɡra̝ɪ̯ː]
=== Adjective ===
grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greitt, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiare, indefinite superlative greiast, definite superlative greiaste)
simple, easy; straightforward
practical; useful, good; OK
nice, kind
=== Verb ===
grei
imperative of greia
=== References ===
“grei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Old English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡreː.i/
=== Adjective ===
grēi
alternative form of grǣġ
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin gregem.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: grei
=== Noun ===
grei f (plural greis)
small flock of livestock
(figuratively) association; society (group of people)
(Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)
(historical) group of vassals or subjects
(obsolete) a people
=== Further reading ===
“grei”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“grei”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
grei
nominative/accusative/genitive/dative indefinite masculine plural of greu
== Traveller Norwegian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
grai, grej, graj
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Romani grast. Compare Kalo Finnish Romani grai.
=== Noun ===
grei
a horse
a male horse