grou

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χrʌu̯/
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Etymology 1

From Dutch grauw.

Adjective

grou (attributive grou or (chiefly figurative senses) groue, comparative grouer, superlative grouste)

  1. grey, ash-coloured; dull white; dull black
    Die grou môrelig
    The ash-coloured/grey morning light.
  2. very old and long ago
    Dis in die groue verlede.
    It is in the distant past.
  3. sombre, sad, sorrowful, bleak
    Die toekoms lyk grou.
    The future looks bleak.
  4. monotonous, humdrum
    Synonyms: eentonig, saai
Inflection
Inflection of grou
  predicative attributive independent partitive
singular plural
positive grou grou, groue groue groues grous
comparative grouer grouere groueres grouers
superlative grouste groustes —
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Dutch "krauwen" influenced by "graaf"?”)

Verb

grou (present grou, present participle grouende, past participle gegrou)

  1. to dig
    Synonym: graaf/grawe
  2. to rummage or to search for something either for the sake of finding something or out of curiosity
    Synonym: krap

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gru m, from Latin grūs, gruem f or m (“crane”) or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum m, from the same etymon.

Pronunciation

Noun

grou m (plural grous)

  1. crane (bird)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gru m, from Latin gruem f or m (“crane”) or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum m, from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂ú-, from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

grou m (plural grous, feminine grua, feminine plural gruas)

  1. crane (large, long-legged and long-necked birds)
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