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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English gryen (“to shudder, shake, or convulse”). Compare grue.
Verb
gry (third-person singular simple present gries, present participle grying, simple past and past participle gried)
- (dialectal) To have a slight bout or fit of ague (chills or shaking due to cold or fever).
Noun
gry (plural gries)
- A fit of ague.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
gry (plural gries)
- (archaic) A small amount.
- (archaic) One hundredth of an inch in the decimal system of measurement devised by John Locke
Etymology 3
Abbreviation
Alternative forms
Noun
gry (plural grys)
- Abbreviation of gray or grey (the color)
Adjective
gry (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of grey or gray (the color)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γρῦ (grû).
Pronunciation
Noun
grȳ n (indeclinable)
- the least amount; scrap, crumb
- dirt under the fingernails
References
- “gry”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gry in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
gry (imperative gry, present tense gryr, passive -, simple past grydde, past participle grydd, present participle gryende)
- to dawn, begin to get light (of a day)
References
- “gry” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
gry (present tense gryr, past tense grydde, past participle grytt/grydd, passive infinitive gryast, present participle gryande, imperative gry)
- to dawn (a day)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Syllabification: gry
Noun
gry
- inflection of gra:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Swedish
Etymology 1
Related to gryt, gryta, and English grit, all from Proto-Germanic *greutą.
Noun
gry n
- grit (personal trait; in the expression gott gry), courage, spirit
Det är gott gry i dig!- Attaboy!
Etymology 2
From Old Norse grýjandi (“in the dawn”), ultimately related to the root of grå.
Verb
gry (present gryr, preterite grydde, supine grytt, imperative gry)
- to dawn
innan en ny dag gryr- before a new day dawns
Conjugation
Conjugation of gry (weak)
Related terms
References
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gry
- grey
Noun
gry
- grey
Derived terms
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 43