grau

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See also: Grau, grâu, and graŭ

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin gradus.

Noun

grau m (plural graos)

  1. grade, degree
  2. degree (of temperature, pressure, angle)
  3. degree (award)
  4. year, form (of school)

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German grā, from Old High German grāo, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu. Cognate with German grau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ̊raʊ̯/
    • (file)

Adjective

grau

  1. grey

See also

Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)
     weiß      grau      schwoarz
             roud/rood              oransch/orange; braun              gejb/gölb/gööb
                          grea/grean             
                          blau              blau
             lila, violett              lila              rosa

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin gradus.

Pronunciation

Noun

grau m (plural graus)

  1. degree, level (an individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values)
    • 2020 December 12, David Bueno, “10 coses que encara no sabem del cervell ”, in Ara:
      Tots els animals amb cervell tenen un cert grau de consciència.
      All animals with brains have a certain degree of consciousness.
  2. degree, extent (the amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity)
  3. (education) grade, year, form (a level of education)
  4. (education) degree (a stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study)
  5. (physics) degree (a unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales)
  6. (geometry) degree (a unit of measurement of angle)
    fer un gir de 180 grausto do a 180 (literally, “to make a turn of 180 degrees”)

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German grā, from Old High German grāo, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu. Compare English gray, grey.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grau (strong nominative masculine singular grauer, comparative grauer, superlative am grauesten or am grausten)

  1. grey, gray
    Synonym: (regional, fairly rare) gries

Declension

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Further reading

  • grau” in Duden online
  • grau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German grāu, from Old Saxon grao. Cognate to German grau, Dutch grauw.

Adjective

grau (comparative grauer, superlative graust)

  1. grey

Declension

Synonyms

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German grā, from Old High German grāo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grau (comparative grauer, superlative grauest)

  1. grey, gray
    Meer hon drei graue Katze.
    We have three grey cats.

See also

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)
     Weis      Grau      Schwarz
             Rod              Ranschegelleb; Braun              Gelleb, Geel
             Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)              Grien (Dunkelgrien)              Menz
             Meergrien              Blau (Hellblau)              Blau (Dunkelblau)
             Feilche              Rosch, Lila              Roserod

Further reading

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grao, graao, from Latin gradus (step, grade, degree).

Pronunciation

Noun

grau m (plural graus)

  1. degree, a unit of temperature, now typically using the Celsius scale
    A água congela a zero graus centígrados.
    Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.
  2. degree, a certificate of academic accomplishment conferred by a college or university
  3. (mathematics) degree, a unit of angular measure
  4. (mathematics) degree, the highest exponent within a polynomial expression

Coordinate terms

  • (unit of angular measure): légua (118, 120, or 125 equatorial degree)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

grau

  1. Soft mutation of crau.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crau grau nghrau chrau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.