grise

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See also: Grise and grisé

English

Etymology 1

Properly the plural of gree (a step).

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Pronunciation

Noun

grise (plural grises)

  1. (obsolete) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.

Etymology 2

Noun

grise (plural grises)

  1. Alternative form of grice (a pig)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for grise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

grise c

  1. indefinite plural of gris

Etymology 2

From gris (pig).

Pronunciation

Verb

grise (imperative gris, infinitive at grise, present tense griser, past tense grisede, perfect tense er/har griset)

  1. dirty
  2. mess up
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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

grise

  1. feminine singular of gris

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Norman

Pronunciation

Adjective

grise

  1. feminine singular of gris

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From gris (pig).

Pronunciation

Verb

grise (imperative gris, present tense griser, passive grises, simple past grisa or griset or griste, past participle grisa or griset or grist, present participle grisende)

  1. to farrow, give birth to piglets (of a female pig)
  2. grise til - to dirty, to mess up

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gris (pig).

Verb

grise (present tense grisar, past tense grisa, past participle grisa, passive infinitive grisast, present participle grisande, imperative grise/gris)

  1. to farrow, give birth to piglets (of a female pig)
  2. grise til - to dirty, to mess up

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Old English

Verb

grīse

  1. first-person singular present indicative of grīsan

Portuguese

Verb

grise

  1. inflection of grisar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative