"grey" meaning in English

See grey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɡɹeɪ/ Audio: en-us-gray.ogg , En-uk-grey.ogg , En-us-grey.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-grey.wav Forms: greyer [comparative], more grey [comparative], greyest [superlative], most grey [superlative], gray [alternative]
enPR: grā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, 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”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰreh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|grey}} Middle English grey, {{inh|en|ang|grǣġ}} Old English grǣġ, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grēwaz}} Proto-Germanic *grēwaz, {{cog|nl|grauw}} Dutch grauw, {{cog|de|grau}} German grau, {{cog|non|grár}} Old Norse grár, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰreh₁-||to green, to grow}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”), {{cog|la|rāvus||grey}} Latin rāvus (“grey”), {{cog|cu|зьрѭ||to see, to glance}} Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), {{cog|ru|зреть||to watch, to look at}} Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”), {{cog|lt|žeriù||to shine}} Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} grey (comparative greyer or more grey, superlative greyest or most grey)
  1. British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
    Sense id: en-grey-en-adj-~QTvnJ1M Categories (other): Commonwealth English
  2. (South Africa, slang) Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white). Tags: South-Africa, slang Synonyms: coloured [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-grey-en-adj-914x9gYQ Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 57 15 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 3 14 4 3 1 2 1 11 2 1 24 2 1 1 2 22 2 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: all cats are grey at night, all cats are grey by night, all cats are grey in the dark, ash grey, ash-grey, battleship grey, battleship-grey, blue-grey, brain grey, cadet grey, code grey, cool grey, dove grey, eastern grey kangaroo, French grey, get grey hair from, give grey hair to, give someone grey hair, great grey owl, great grey shrike, grey alder, grey alien, grey amber, grey ammonia, grey area, greyback, grey-backed fiscal, greybeard, grey belt, grey-blue, greyboard, greybody, grey box, grey-box testing, grey-capped greenfinch, grey cells, grey-chested babbler, grey club-rush, grey-collar, grey corkwood, grey crested tit, grey crow, grey crowned crane, grey eminence, greyen, greyer, greyers, greyest, greyey, grey folk, grey francolin, greyfriar, grey friar, grey ghost, Greygler, grey gold, grey goo, grey gum, grey-haired, grey hat, greyhead, grey-headed, grey-headed bunting, grey-headed chickadee, grey-headed woodpecker, grey hen, grey heron, grey-hooded attila, grey-hooded bunting, greyhound, grey hydrogen, greyish, greyishly, grey jay, grey junglefowl, greylag, greylead, grey-legged tinamou, grey line, greyline, greylist, grey literature, greyly, grey magic, grey magick, grey market, grey marketeer, grey matter, grey mullet, greymuzzle, greynaissance, grey-necked bunting, grey-necked wood rail, greyness, grey night, grey noddy, grey noise, grey nomad, grey nurse, grey nurse shark, grey out, grey ox, grey partridge, grey platelet syndrome, grey plover, grey pound, grey power, grey rape, grey red-backed vole, grey reef shark, grey rhea, grey rocking, grey rock method, greyscale, grey-scale, grey scale, greyschist, grey seal, greystone, grey-tailed tattler, grey teal, grey ternlet, grey-throated rail, grey tinamou, grey tit, Grey Tribe, grey wagtail, grey warbler, greyware, greywater, grey water, greywether, grey whale, grey-winged trumpeter, grey wolf, grey zorro, gunmetal-grey, gunmetal grey, lesser grey shrike, military grey, nongrey, Patagonian grey fox, Payne's grey, pearl grey, pink and grey cockatoo, pinko-grey, silver-grey, slate grey, South American grey fox, the fox may grow grey but never good, the grey mare is the better horse, ungrey, western grey kangaroo, wolf-grey

Noun

IPA: /ɡɹeɪ/ Audio: en-us-gray.ogg , En-uk-grey.ogg , En-us-grey.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-grey.wav Forms: greys [plural], gray [alternative]
enPR: grā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, 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”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰreh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|grey}} Middle English grey, {{inh|en|ang|grǣġ}} Old English grǣġ, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grēwaz}} Proto-Germanic *grēwaz, {{cog|nl|grauw}} Dutch grauw, {{cog|de|grau}} German grau, {{cog|non|grár}} Old Norse grár, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰreh₁-||to green, to grow}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”), {{cog|la|rāvus||grey}} Latin rāvus (“grey”), {{cog|cu|зьрѭ||to see, to glance}} Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), {{cog|ru|зреть||to watch, to look at}} Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”), {{cog|lt|žeriù||to shine}} Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} grey (plural greys)
  1. British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray. Categories (topical): Greys
    Sense id: en-grey-en-noun-~QTvnJ1M Disambiguation of Greys: 13 25 48 14 Categories (other): Commonwealth English Related terms: greys, red, orange, yellow, green, blue (alt: incl. indigo; cyan, teal, turquoise), purple, violet, pink (english: including magenta), brown, white, gray, grey, black

Verb

IPA: /ɡɹeɪ/ Audio: en-us-gray.ogg , En-uk-grey.ogg , En-us-grey.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-grey.wav Forms: greys [present, singular, third-person], greying [participle, present], greyed [participle, past], greyed [past], gray [alternative]
enPR: grā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, 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”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰreh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|grey}} Middle English grey, {{inh|en|ang|grǣġ}} Old English grǣġ, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grēwaz}} Proto-Germanic *grēwaz, {{cog|nl|grauw}} Dutch grauw, {{cog|de|grau}} German grau, {{cog|non|grár}} Old Norse grár, {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰreh₁-||to green, to grow}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”), {{cog|la|rāvus||grey}} Latin rāvus (“grey”), {{cog|cu|зьрѭ||to see, to glance}} Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), {{cog|ru|зреть||to watch, to look at}} Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”), {{cog|lt|žeriù||to shine}} Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} grey (third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed)
  1. British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
    Sense id: en-grey-en-verb-~QTvnJ1M Categories (other): Commonwealth English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "grey zorro"
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      "word": "gunmetal grey"
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      "word": "lesser grey shrike"
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      "word": "military grey"
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      "word": "Patagonian grey fox"
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      "word": "Payne's grey"
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      "word": "the grey mare is the better horse"
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      "word": "wolf-grey"
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      "expansion": "German grau",
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        "5": "to green, to grow"
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    },
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "rāvus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grey"
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      "expansion": "Latin rāvus (“grey”)",
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        "2": "зьрѭ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to see, to glance"
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      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "зреть",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to watch, to look at"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "žeriù",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to shine"
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        "plural"
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    {
      "word": "red"
    },
    {
      "word": "orange"
    },
    {
      "word": "yellow"
    },
    {
      "word": "green"
    },
    {
      "alt": "incl. indigo; cyan, teal, turquoise",
      "word": "blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "purple"
    },
    {
      "word": "violet"
    },
    {
      "english": "including magenta",
      "word": "pink"
    },
    {
      "word": "brown"
    },
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      "word": "white"
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      "ipa": "/ɡɹeɪ/"
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}

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