gro

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See also: Gro, GRO, -gro-, and gró

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.

Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)

  1. (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
    Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

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Etymology 2

Shortening of gross (noun).

Numeral

gro

  1. The cardinal number occurring after el do el (↋↋) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.

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Etymology 3

Shortening of grove.

Noun

gro

  1. (UK, in street addresses) Abbreviation of grove.

Anagrams

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French gros (“big, fat, thick; important”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gro m (feminine gròs)

  1. big
    Synonym: gran
  2. fat
    Antonym: mæg
  3. thick
    Synonym: (of liquids) épé
    Antonyms: étrwa, fin, léjé, mins
  4. important
    Synonym: importan
  5. (of weather) bad, unfavorable

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German grāo, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʀo/,
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Adjective

gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)

  1. grey

Declension

declension of gro
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass gro si ass gro et ass gro si si(nn) gro
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner groen gro grot gro
independent without determiner groes groer
dative after any declined word groen groer groen groen
as first declined word groem groem

See also

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)
     wäiss      gro      schwaarz
             rout              orange; brong              giel
                          gréng             
             turquoise              blo (hellblo, himmelblo)              blo (donkelblo)
             violett; indigo              magenta; mof              rosa; pink

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa.

Pronunciation

Verb

gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)

  1. to grow
  2. to sprout, germinate

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.

Verb

gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)

  1. : to grow (of plants and body hair)
    Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
    The grass is growing well in this heat.
  2. to sprout, germinate
  3. : to heal (of cuts and sores)
    Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
    Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

gro f (definite singular groa, indefinite plural grør, definite plural grørne)

  1. a toad
    Synonym: padde

References

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.

Adjective

gro

  1. gray, grey

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Syllabification: gro

Noun

gro

  1. vocative singular of gra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French gros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrôː/
  • Hyphenation: gro

Adverb

grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)

  1. much, a lot
    Synonyms: pȕno, mnȍgo, dȍsta

References

  • “gro” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English grow.

Verb

gro

  1. To grow.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa. Cognate with English grow.

Pronunciation

Verb

gro (present gror, preterite grodde, supine grott, imperative gro)

  1. (intransitive) to sprout, germinate
  2. (transitive) to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)
  3. (intransitive, figurative) take hold; increase; grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of gro (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive gro gros
Supine grott grotts
Imperative gro —
Imper. plural1 gron —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative gror grodde gros groddes
Ind. plural1 gro grodde gros groddes
Subjunctive2 gro grodde gros groddes
Participles
Present participle groende
Past participle grodd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • grodd (“germ, sprout”)

See also

References

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.

Pronunciation

Noun

gro m (collective, singulative gröyn)

  1. gravel, pebbles
    Synonym: graean

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gro ro ngro unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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