gray

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English

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Various shades of gray.

Alternative forms

  • grey (used in the UK and the Commonwealth and also in the US)

Etymology 1

From Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Pre-Germanic *ǵrēwo, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer (“to shine, to glow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (“to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gray (comparative grayer, superlative grayest) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)

  1. Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
  2. Dreary, gloomy.
  3. Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
Usage notes

A mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: grey is the English spelling, while gray is the American spelling. However, grey is also found in American English.

Derived terms
Translations
having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember
dreary, gloomy
having an indistinct quality

Verb

gray (third-person singular simple present grays, present participle graying, simple past and past participle grayed) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)

  1. To become gray.
    My hair is beginning to gray.
  2. To cause to become gray.
Translations
to become gray
to cause to become gray

Noun

gray (plural grays) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)

  1. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
    grey colour:    
  2. (chiefly US, ufology) an extraterrestrial creature with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
  3. (two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.[1]
Translations
colour
extraterrestrial being
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See also

References

  1. ^ Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243

Etymology 2

Named after Louis Harold Gray.

Noun

gray (plural grays)

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy
Derived terms
Translations
SI unit of absorbed radiation
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Anagrams

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Finnish

Noun

gray

  1. gray (SI unit)

Declension

Declension of gray (type rosé)
singular plural
nominative gray grayt
genitive grayn grayiden
partitive grayta grayita
accusative gray
grayn		 grayt
inessive grayssa grayissa
elative graysta grayista
illative grayhin
grayhyn		 grayihin
adessive graylla grayilla
ablative graylta grayilta
allative graylle grayille
essive grayna grayina
translative grayksi grayiksi
instructive – grayin
abessive graytta grayitta
comitative – grayineen
Declension of gray (type rosé)
singular plural
nominative gray grayt
genitive grayn grayiden
partitive graytä grayitä
accusative gray
grayn		 grayt
inessive grayssä grayissä
elative graystä grayistä
illative grayhin
grayhyn		 grayihin
adessive grayllä grayillä
ablative grayltä grayiltä
allative graylle grayille
essive graynä grayinä
translative grayksi grayiksi
instructive – grayin
abessive grayttä grayittä
comitative – grayineen
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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

gray m

  1. gray (SI unit)
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Swedish

Noun

gray c

  1. gray (SI unit)
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