gro
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortening of gross, perhaps via grody.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -əʊ
AdjectiveEdit
gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)
- (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
- Wash your hair! It's totally gro.
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AnagramsEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German grāo, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)
DeclensionEdit
declension of gro
See alsoEdit
| Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rout | gréng | giel | ? | wäiss |
| ? | ? | ? | ? | rosa |
| ? | blo | orange | gro | ? |
| schwaarz | mof | brong | himmelblo | ? |
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)
- (of plants and body hair): to grow
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- The grass is growing well in this heat.
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- to sprout, germinate
- (of cuts and sores): to heal
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
- Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “gro” in Hrvatski jezični portal
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.
NounEdit
gro m (uncountable)