Grisons
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: grisons
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French Grisons. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Proper noun[edit]
Grisons
- A canton of Switzerland (the French name)
- Synonyms: canton of Grisons, (the German name) Graubünden, canton of Graubünden
- [1685 October 11 (date written; Gregorian calendar), G[ilbert] Burnet, “The Second Letter. Millan, the First of October, 1685.”, in Some Letters. Containing, an Account of what Seemed Most Remarkable in Switzerland, Italy, &c. […], Rotterdam: […] Abraham Acher, […], published 1686, →OCLC, page 78:
- [T]here is a Griſon Regiment kept ſtill in pay by the Spaniards, there are in it tvvelve Companies of fifty a piece, and the Captains have a thouſand Crovvns pay, tho they are not obliged to attend upon the ſervice: […]]
- 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:
Usage notes[edit]
Historically but no longer prefixed by the.
Translations[edit]
canton of Switzerland
|
See also[edit]
- (cantons of Switzerland) Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Vaud, Valais, Zug, Zurich (Category: en:Cantons of Switzerland)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gris (“grey”), referring to the color of the clothes of the original inhabitants. This is also reflected in the German name, Graubünden (“grey league”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Grisons m pl (plural only)
- Grisons (a canton of Switzerland)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Grisons
See also[edit]
- (cantons of Switzerland) Cantons suisses; Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures, Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures, Argovie, Bâle-Campagne, Bâle-Ville, Berne, Fribourg, Genève, Glaris, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwald, Obwald, Saint-Gall, Schaffhouse, Schwytz, Soleure, Tessin, Thurgovie, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich (Category: fr:Cantons of Switzerland)
References[edit]
- Louis Deroy et Marianne Mulon, Dictionnaire des noms de lieux, Le Robert, 1994
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cantons of Switzerland
- en:Places in Switzerland
- English terms with quotations
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French pluralia tantum
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Cantons of Switzerland
- fr:Places in Switzerland