gruis

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch gruus, from Old French groisse, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *greot, ultimately related to *greutą (“grits, coarse grains”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣrœy̯s/ Hyphenation: gruis Rhymes: -œy̯s === Noun === gruis n (uncountable, diminutive gruisje n) grit, ground stone or rocks ==== Derived terms ==== steengruis ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: greis == Latin == === Pronunciation 1 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡru.ɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡruː.is] ==== Noun ==== gruis f or m genitive singular of grūs ==== Noun ==== gruis f (genitive gruis); third declension alternative form of grūs (“crane”, bird) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (i-stem). === Pronunciation 2 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡru.iːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡruː.is] ==== Noun ==== gruīs f accusative plural of gruis === References === “gruis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gruis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “gruis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.