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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Adjective
grou (attributive grou or groue, comparative grouer, superlative grouste)
- grey, ash-coloured; dull white; dull black
Die grou môrelig- The ash-coloured/grey morning light.
- very old and long ago
Dis in die groue verlede.- It is in the distant past.
- sombre, sad, sorrowful, bleak
Die toekoms lyk grou.- The future looks bleak.
- monotonous, humdrum
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Verb
grou (present grou, present participle grouende, past participle gegrou)
- to dig
- to rummage or to search for something either for the sake of finding something or out of curiosity
Synonyms
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin grūs, gruem (“crane”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum).
Pronunciation
Noun
grou m (plural grous)
- crane (bird)
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese gru, from Latin gruem (“crane”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).
Pronunciation
Noun
grou m (plural grous, feminine grua, feminine plural gruas)
- crane (large, long-legged and long-necked birds)
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