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"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*grīsaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *grīsaz",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch grijs, from Old Dutch *grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "grijzen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "-zen",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "grijs n (plural grijzen, no diminutive)",
"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"the color grey, any mix of black and white"
],
"links": [
[
"grey",
"grey"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"no-diminutive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Nl-grijs.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Nl-grijs.ogg/Nl-grijs.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Nl-grijs.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɣrɛi̯s/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛi̯s"
}
],
"word": "grijs"
}
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