gray
An achromatic colour between black and whiteAn achromatic colour between black and white.
» Tom is wearing a gray suit and a red tie.
На Томе серый костюм с красным галстуком.
Том в сером костюме с красным галстуком.
Том в сером костюме и красном галстуке.
На Томі сірий костюм та червона краватка.
Meaning
9 senses(US)An achromatic colour between black and white.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
(US)A gray dye or pigment.
(US)A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of gray pigment.
(US)An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
Grau
се́рыйséryj
(US)A gray wolf
horse of a light gray or whitish color
(US)A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
(US)Synonym of grey alien.
Graue, Grauen
clothing that is a grey color
(US)A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
(US)In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass.
Gray
грейgrej
the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
Examples
260 sentencesTom is wearing a gray suit and a red tie.
На Томі сірий костюм та червона краватка. — deniko
ruНа Томе серый костюм с красным галстуком. — kurzawhile
He had gray hair.
У нього було сиве волосся. — brambury
ruУ него были седые волосы. — afyodor
deEr hatte graues Haar. — Hans_Adler
The sky was gray.
Небо було сіре. — deniko
ruНебо было серым. — Selena777
deDer Himmel war grau. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom has gray hair.
Том має сиве волосся. — Ahha
ruТом седой. — Wezel
deTom hat graues Haar. — dasbeispielholz
Does Tom have gray hair?
У Тома сиве волосся? — deniko
ruУ Тома седые волосы? — marafon
deHat Tom graue Haare? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English gray, from Old English grǣġ (West Saxon). The spelling gray reflects tFrom Middle English gray, from Old English grǣġ (West Saxon). The spelling gray reflects the West Saxon vowel development, whereas the variant grey stems from the Anglian form grēġ (through Middle English grey). Further derived from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”).
Named after English physicist Louis Harold Gray (1905–1965).
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Forms
plural: graysSynonyms
9 synonyms- a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black:graynessgreygreyness
- United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888):Asa Gray
- American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806):Robert Gray
- English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771):Thomas Gray
- English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965):Louis Harold Gray
- the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad:Gy
Word family
4 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- wearing a gray
- gray hair
- a gray suit
- has gray hair
- turned gray
- gray suit