grau

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See also: Grau, grâu, and graŭ

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin gradus.

Noun[edit]

grau m (plural graos)

  1. grade, degree
  2. degree (of temperature, pressure, angle)
  3. degree (award)
  4. year, form (of school)

Bavarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German grā, from Old High German grāo, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu. Cognate with German grau.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡ̊raʊ̯/
    • (file)

Adjective[edit]

grau

  1. grey

See also[edit]

Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)
     weiß      grau      schwoarz
             roud/rood              oransch/orange; braun              gejb/gölb/gööb
                          grea/grean             
                          blau              blau
             lila, violett              lila              rosa

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin gradus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

grau m (plural graus)

  1. degree, level (an individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values)
    • 2020 December 12, David Bueno, “10 coses que encara no sabem del cervell [10 things we still don't know about the brain]”, in Ara[1]:
      Tots els animals amb cervell tenen un cert grau de consciència.
      All animals with brains have a certain degree of consciousness.
  2. degree, extent (the amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity)
  3. (education) grade, year, form (a level of education)
  4. (education) degree (a stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study)
  5. (physics) degree (a unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales)
  6. (geometry) degree (a unit of measurement of angle)
    fer un gir de 180 grausto do a 180 (literally, “to make a turn of 180 degrees”)

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German grā, from Old High German grāo, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu. Compare English gray, grey.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

grau (strong nominative masculine singular grauer, comparative grauer, superlative am grauesten or am grausten)

  1. grey, gray
    Synonym: (regional, fairly rare) gries

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Further reading[edit]

  • grau” in Duden online
  • grau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German grāu, from Old Saxon grao. Cognate to German grau, Dutch grauw.

Adjective[edit]

grau (comparative grauer, superlative graust)

  1. grey

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Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German grā, from Old High German grāo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

grau (comparative grauer, superlative grauest)

  1. grey, gray
    Meer hon drei graue Katze.
    We have three grey cats.

See also[edit]

Colors in Hunsrik · Forrve (layout · text)
     Weis      Grau      Schwarz
             Rod              Ranschegelleb; Braun              Gelleb, Geel
             Grien (Hellgrien), (Neongrien)              Grien (Dunkelgrien)              Menz
             Meergrien              Blau (Hellblau)              Blau (Dunkelblau)
             Feilche              Rosch, Lila              Roserod

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Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese grao, graao, from Latin gradus (step, grade, degree).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

grau m (plural graus)

  1. degree, a unit of temperature, now typically using the Celsius scale
    A água congela a zero graus centígrados.
    Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.
  2. degree, a certificate of academic accomplishment conferred by a college or university
  3. (mathematics) degree, a unit of angular measure
  4. (mathematics) degree, the highest exponent within a polynomial expression

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • (unit of angular measure): légua (118, 120, or 125 equatorial degree)

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Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

grau

  1. Soft mutation of crau.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crau grau nghrau chrau
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.