gro

See also: Gro, GRO, -gro-, gró, and grø

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.

Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)

1. (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.

   Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

See also

• grody

Etymology 2

Shortening of gross (noun).

Numeral

gro

1. The cardinal number occurring after el do el (↋↋) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.

See also

• mo

Etymology 3

Shortening of grove.

Noun

gro

1. (UK, in street addresses) Abbreviation of grove.

Anagrams

• Org., Rog, org, org., rog

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French gros (“big, fat, thick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾo/

Adjective

gro

1. fat.

   Antonym: mæg

2. thick.

   Synonym: épé (of liquids)

   Antonyms: étrwa, fin, léjé, mins

3. important.

   Synonym: importan

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German grāo, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʀo/, [ɡʀoː]
  • Rhymes: -oː

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Adjective

gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)

1. grey

Declension

declension of gro

number and gender		singular			plural
		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

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)

wäiss	gro	schwaarz
rout	orange; brong	giel
	gréng
turquoise	blo (hellblo, himmelblo)	blo (donkelblo)
violett; indigo	magenta; mof	rosa; pink

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa.

Verb

gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)

1. to grow
2. to sprout, germinate

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

References

• “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruː/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.

Verb

gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)

1. (of plants and body hair): to grow

   Graset gror godt i denne varmen.

   The grass is growing well in this heat.

2. to sprout, germinate
3. (of cuts and sores): to heal

   Ta plaster på såret til det gror.

   Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

Etymology 2

Noun

gro f (definite singular groa, indefinite plural grør, definite plural grørne)

1. a toad

   Synonym: padde

References

• “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.

Adjective

gro

1. gray, grey

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: gro

Noun

gro

1. vocative singular of gra

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French gros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrôː/
• Hyphenation: gro

Adverb

grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)

1. much, a lot

Synonyms

• pȕno, mnȍgo, dȍsta

References

• “gro” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English grow.

Verb

gro

1. To grow.

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.

Noun

gro m pl (singulative gröyn)

1. gravel, pebbles

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.