grès

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See also: gres, GREs, Gres, and grés

French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

grais, gray (archaic)
grés, grez (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

From Frankish *greot (compare Old High German griez, Middle Dutch griet), from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit, sandstone”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛ/
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Noun[edit]

grès m (plural grès)

(geology) sandstone
stoneware

Derived terms[edit]

gréseux

Further reading[edit]

“grès”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams[edit]

ergs

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