grey

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) enPR: grā, IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Adjective === grey (comparative greyer or more grey, superlative greyest or most grey) Commonwealth standard spelling of gray. (South Africa, slang) Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === grey (third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed) Commonwealth standard spelling of gray. === Noun === grey (plural greys) Commonwealth standard spelling of gray. ==== Translations ==== === See also === greys === References === === Anagrams === -ergy, gyre == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse grey, from Proto-Germanic *grawją, cognate with Faroese groyggj. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kreiː/ Rhymes: -eiː === Noun === grey n (genitive singular greys, nominative plural grey) (archaic) bitch (female dog) wretch pitiful person, poor thing ==== Declension ==== ==== References ==== Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “grey”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “grey”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “grey” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === grei, gray, grai, greye, gry, græi, gro, gra, greȝe, greiȝe === Etymology === From Old English grǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡræi̯/ Rhymes: -æi̯ === Adjective === grey (plural and weak singular greye) grey, dull, drab (in color) glinting, glistening ==== Descendants ==== English: gray, grey Scots: gray Yola: gry ==== References ==== “grei, adj. & n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. === Noun === grey grey (colour) Fur of the grey squirrel grey clothes grey textiles An elderly man A badger ==== Descendants ==== English: gray, grey Scots: gray Yola: gry ==== References ==== “grei, adj. & n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. “grei, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. “grei, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. === See also === == Portuguese == === Noun === grey m (plural greys) alternative form of gray (race of extraterrestrials) == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish grey, from Latin gregem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɾei/ [ˈɡɾei̯] Rhymes: -ei Syllabification: grey === Noun === grey f (plural greyes) (obsolete, poetic) flock, herd Synonyms: rebaño, rehala (religion) flock (people served by a pastor, priest, etc., also all believers in a church or religion) Synonyms: rebaño, feligresía, congregación, iglesia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== (animals): ganado, hato, parvada, manada, jauría, cardumen, enjambre === Further reading === “grey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “grey”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 208