"Grau" meaning in English

See Grau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Graus [plural]
Etymology: * As a German surname, borrowed from German Grau, a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard. * As a Catalan and southern French surname, from Occitan and Catalan Grau, a topographic surname from grau (“degree, level”). * Also as a Catalan surname, reduced from the personal name Guerau; see Gerald. * As a French surname, from Old French grau (“kind of fork”), from Frankish/Germanic, probably related to Old Norse grein (“fork, branch”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Grau}} German Grau, {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{bor|en|oc|-}} Occitan, {{bor|en|ca|Grau}} Catalan Grau, {{der|en|fro|grau|t=kind of fork}} Old French grau (“kind of fork”), {{der|en|frk|-}} Frankish, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{cog|non|grein|t=fork, branch}} Old Norse grein (“fork, branch”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Grau (plural Graus)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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