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gris

Pronunciation: /ɡʁi/

“gris” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. grey / gray
  2. drunk, tipsy

noun

  1. gray / grey

In French

  1. De couleur grise, entre le blanc et le noir.
  2. Qualifie cette couleur unie de robe de chevaux.
  3. Nuageux, couvert et un peu frais.
  4. Terne, triste.
  5. Un peu saoul, fr.
  6. Couleur grise, intermédiaire entre le blanc et le noir.
  7. Vin gris.
  8. Tabac scaferlati qui est vendu emballé dans un papier gris.
  9. Fourrure de l’écureuil, dite « petit-gris ».
  10. Arabe, Maghrébin.

Etymology

Derived from Old French or Old Occitan, both from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”). Akin to Old High German grīs (“grey”) (German greis) and Dutch grijs (“grey”). More at grizzle.

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