grey
Commonwealth standard spelling of grayCommonwealth standard spelling of gray.
» Why are some translations in grey?
Warum sind einige Übersetzungen ausgegraut?
Warum sind einige Übersetzungen grau?
Почему некоторые переводы имеют серый цвет?
Почему у некоторых переводов серый цвет?
Почему некоторые переводы серого цвета?
Meaning
2 sensesCommonwealth standard spelling of gray.
(South Africa, slang)Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
Examples
216 sentencesWhy are some translations in grey?
ruПочему некоторые переводы имеют серый цвет?
deWarum sind einige Übersetzungen ausgegraut?
All cats are grey in the dark.
Вночі всі кішки сірі.
ruНочью все кошки серы.
deNachts sind alle Katzen grau.
She has a lot of grey hair.
У неї багато сивини.
ruУ неё много седых волос.
deSie hat viele graue Haare.
He had grey hair.
У нього було сиве волосся.
ruУ него были седые волосы.
deEr hatte graue Haare.
My suit is grey.
Мій костюм - сірий.
ruУ меня серый костюм.
deMein Anzug ist grau.
Origin
From Middle English grey, from Old English grēġ (Anglian). The spelling grey reflects theFrom Middle English grey, from Old English grēġ (Anglian). The spelling grey reflects the Anglian vowel development, whereas the variant gray stems from the West Saxon form grǣġ (through Middle English gray). Further derived from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).
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Forms
greyer/more grey, greyest/most greySynonyms
12 synonyms- of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black:graygreyishgrayish
- intermediate in character or position:gray
- used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms):gray
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair:graygrey-hairedgray-hairedgrey-headedgray-headedgrizzlyhoarhoary
Word family
100 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form