gro
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.
Adjective edit
gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)
- (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
- Wash your hair! It's totally gro.
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Shortening of gross (noun).
Numeral edit
gro
- The cardinal number occurring after el do el (↋↋) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.
See also edit
Etymology 3 edit
Shortening of grove.
Noun edit
gro
- (UK, in street addresses) Abbreviation of grove.
Anagrams edit
Louisiana Creole edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from French gros (“big, fat, thick; important”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gro m (feminine gròs)
Derived terms edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German grāo, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)
Declension edit
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass gro | si ass gro | et ass gro | si si(nn) gro | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | groen | gro | grot | gro |
independent without determiner | groes | groer | |||
dative | after any declined word | groen | groer | groen | groen |
as first declined word | groem | groem |
See also edit
wäiss | gro | schwaarz |
rout | orange; brong | giel |
gréng | ||
turquoise | blo (hellblo, himmelblo) | blo (donkelblo) |
violett; indigo | magenta; mof | rosa; pink |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.
Verb edit
gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)
- : to grow (of plants and body hair)
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- The grass is growing well in this heat.
- to sprout, germinate
- : to heal (of cuts and sores)
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
- Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gro f (definite singular groa, indefinite plural grør, definite plural grørne)
References edit
- “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.
Adjective edit
gro
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gro
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)
References edit
- “gro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
gro
- To grow.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gróa. Cognate with English grow.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gro (present gror, preterite grodde, supine grott, imperative gro)
- (intransitive) to sprout, germinate
- (transitive) to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)
- (intransitive, figurative) take hold; increase; grow
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | gro | gros | ||
Supine | grott | grotts | ||
Imperative | gro | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | gron | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | gror | grodde | gros | groddes |
Ind. plural1 | gro | grodde | gros | groddes |
Subjunctive2 | gro | grodde | gros | groddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | groende | |||
Past participle | grodd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
- grogrund (“hotbed, seedbed”)
Related terms edit
- grodd (“germ, sprout”)
See also edit
- växa (“grow”)
References edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gro m (collective, singulative gröyn)
Derived terms edit
- grobwll m (“gravel pit”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gro | ro | ngro | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies