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grège

See also: grege

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

grège (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of greige

Noun edit

grège (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of greige

French edit

Etymology edit

From Middle French grège (“(adjective) of silk: raw, unfinished; of the colour of such silk, greyish-beige; (noun) raw or unfinished silk; the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”), from Italian greggio (“raw, unrefined; unbleached”); further etymology uncertain,[1][2] possibly from Vulgar Latin *gregius (as in lana *gregia (“untreated wool as obtained from the flock”)), from grex (“flock (of sheep, etc.)”),[3] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛʒ/
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Adjective edit

grège (plural grèges)

  1. of silk: raw
  2. of the colour of such silk, between grey and beige; greige

Noun edit

grège m (plural grèges)

  1. raw or unfinished silk
  2. the colour of such silk, closely akin to taupe; greyish-beige, greige
    grège:  

References edit

  1. ^ Compare “greige, adj. and n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
  2. ^ Compare “greige, adj. and n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. ^ Compare “greige, adj.”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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