grus

== English == === Noun === grus (plural gruses) (geology) An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks. === Anagrams === rugs == Danish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡruːs/, [ɡ̊ʁuːˀs] === Noun === grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form) gravel ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kattegrus (“kitty litter”) === References === “grus” in Den Danske Ordbog == Latin == === Alternative forms === gruis f === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *grūs, from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂ú-, from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse (of unknown origin). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡruːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡrus] === Noun === grūs f or m (genitive gruis); third declension crane (bird), sometimes eaten as a delicacy battering ram Synonym: corvus ==== Usage notes ==== Usually feminine. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Vulgar Latin: *grua f Old French: grue f Middle French: grue f French: grue f Unsorted: === References === “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "grus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Middle Low German grus. === Noun === grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset) gravel ==== Derived terms ==== grusvei, grusveg === References === “grus” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Middle Low German grus. === Noun === grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset) gravel ==== Derived terms ==== grusveg === References === “grus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʉːs === Noun === grus n gravel (small pieces of stone) (figuratively) dust red clay (on a tennis court), hard court ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== grusa grusig ==== See also ==== asfalt gräs knastra morän sand singel sten === References === “grus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “grus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “grus”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Vilamovian == === Alternative forms === grūs === Etymology === From Middle High German grōȥ, from Old High German grōȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === grūs big, great ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “big”): klīn