grès

See also: gres, GREs, Gres, and grés

French

Alternative forms

• grais, gray (archaic)
• grés, grez (obsolete)

Etymology

From Frankish *greot (compare Old High German griez, Middle Dutch griet), from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit, sandstone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛ/

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Noun

grès m (plural grès)

1. (geology) sandstone
2. stoneware

Derived terms

• gréseux

Further reading

• “grès”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ergs