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See also: Grus, Gruß, and grús

English

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Noun

grus (plural gruses)

  1. (geology) An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form)

  1. gravel

Declension

Declension of grus
neuter
gender 		singular
indefinite definite
nominative grus gruset
genitive grus' grusets

Derived terms

References

Latin

grūs (a crane)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *grūs, from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse, whose etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

grūs f or m (genitive gruis); third declension

  1. crane, a bird also eaten as food
  2. a type of siege weapon

Usage notes

  • Feminine by default.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative grūs gruēs
genitive gruis gruum
dative gruī gruibus
accusative gruem gruēs
ablative grue gruibus
vocative grūs gruēs

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: *grua f

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References

  • “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "grus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Middle Low German grus.

Noun

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

  1. gravel

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Middle Low German grus.

Noun

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

  1. gravel

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

grus n

  1. gravel; small pieces of stone
  2. red clay (on a tennis court), hard court

Declension

Declension of grus
nominative genitive
singular indefinite grus grus
definite gruset grusets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

See also

References

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German grōz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grūs

  1. great
  2. big

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “big”): klīn
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