grégeois

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁe.ʒwa/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French grezois, from gri(e)u (< Latin graecus) + -ois or from Vulgar Latin *graeciscus (compare Romanian grecesc). Doublet of grisou. See also grive.

Adjective

grégeois (feminine grégeoise, masculine plural grégeois, feminine plural grégeoises)

1. (obsolete) Greek, Grecian

   Synonym: grec

   feu grégeois ― Greek fire

Etymology 2

From Grèges +‎ -ois.

Adjective

grégeois (feminine grégeoise, masculine plural grégeois, feminine plural grégeoises)

1. (relational) of Grèges

Further reading

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