griend

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣrint/ Hyphenation: griend Rhymes: -int Homophones: Griend, Grient === Etymology 1 === From Danish grindehval. ==== Noun ==== griend m (plural grienden, diminutive griendje n) long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) Synonyms: gewone griend, zwarte griend (more broadly) pilot whale, blackfish; any delphinid of the genus Globicephala ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch grient, from Proto-Germanic *greuna-, a variant of *greutą (“grit, coarse sand”). ==== Noun ==== griend m (plural grienden, diminutive griendje n) waterside area, overgrown with willows and reeds wood harvested in such an area, especially willow branches Synonym: rijshout