grisou

French

Etymology

From Walloon form of grégeois (as in feu grégeois).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.zu/

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Noun

grisou m (uncountable)

1. firedamp

   coup de grisou ― firedamp explosion, gas blast

Descendants

• → Catalan: grisú
• → Portuguese: grisu

Further reading

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• grisù

Noun

grisou m (invariable)

1. firedamp

Derived terms

• grisoumetria
• grisoumetrico
• grisoumetro
• grisoutina
• grisoutite
• grisutoso

Anagrams

• rugosi

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

grisou m (plural grisous)

1. Obsolete spelling of grisu.

Etymology 2

Verb

grisou

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of grisar