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English

Alternative spellings
US gray

Pronunciation
gr�, IPA|/ɡreɪ/, /<tt>greI</tt>/
audio|en-us-grey.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: gray, greige
:Rhymes:English:-eɪ|Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology
Old English græġ

Adjective
grey, gray (US)

1. Having a grey colour, as the ash of an ember.
2. dreary, gloomy
3. Having an indistinct or disputed quality

Translations
trans-top|colour
Albanian: hirtë
Bosnian: siva#Bosnian|siva f
Catalan: gris
Chickasaw: shobbokoli
Croatian: t-|hr|siv
Danish: t-|da|grå
Dutch: t+|nl|grijs, t-|nl|grijze
Esperanto: t-|eo|griza|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|hall
Finnish: t+|fi|harmaa
French: gris m, grise f, grises fp
Galician: gris
German: t+|de|grau
Greek, Ancient: �ολι�� (polios)
Greek: t|el|γκ�ίζο�|sc=Grek (gkrízos)
Hebrew: �פ�ר|�ָפ�ֹר (afór)
Hungarian: t+|hu|szürke
Icelandic: t+|is|grár|m, t-|is|grá|f, t-|is|grátt|n
Irish: liath, (of animals, cloth, eyes) glas
Italian: t+|it|grigio
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (����, hai-iro), 鼠� (�����, nezumi-iro)
Latvian: pel�ks m, pel�ka f
Malayalam: �ാര� (chaaram)
Neapolitan: criscio
Norwegian: t+|no|grå
Novial: grisi
Portuguese: t-|pt|cinza, t-|pt|cinzento|m, t-|pt|cinzenta|f
Romanian: t-|ro|brum�riu, t-|ro|cenu�iu, t-|ro|sur
Russian: �е��й (séryj); (of hair) �едой (sedój)
Scottish Gaelic: liath (lighter grey), glas (darker grey)
Slovak: sivý
Slovene: siv m, siva f, sivo n
Spanish: t+|es|gris|m, t+|es|plomo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|grå
Tagalog: abo
Turkish: t+|tr|gri
Vietnamese: (màu) xám, hoa râm (grey-haired)
Welsh: llwyd
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trans-top|dreary, gloomy
Dutch: t+|nl|grijs, t-|nl|grijze, t-|nl|grauw, t-|nl|grauwe
Finnish: t+|fi|ankea, t+|fi|harmaa, t+|fi|synkkä
French: gris m, grise f, grises fp
German: t+|de|grau
Irish: t-|ga|glas|xs=Irish
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|�е��й|trséryj|scCyrl
Slovene: siv m, siva f, sivo n
Spanish: t+|es|gris
Swedish: t+|sv|grå, t+|sv|trist, t-|sv|tråkig
Vietnamese: bu�n, bu�n bã, rầu, rầu rĩ, âm u (personality, mood); u ám, âm u, ảm �ậm (sky, weather)
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trans-top|indistinct quality
Dutch: t+|nl|grijs, t-|nl|grijze
French: gris m, grise f, grises fp
Japanese: t-|ja|���|trgur�|scJpan
trans-mid
Spanish: t+|es|gris
Swedish: i en gråzon
Vietnamese: không rõ, l� m�
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Verb
en-verb(Commonwealth English)
to gray (US)

1. To become grey or cause to become grey.

#: My hair is beginning to grey.

Translations
trans-top|to become grey
Finnish: t-|fi|harmaantua
French: t-|fr|griser
German: t-|de|ergrauen, t-|de|grau werden
Irish: t-|ga|liath|xs=Irish
Portuguese: t-|pt|acinzentar
trans-mid
Russian: �е�е�� (serét�); (of hair) �еде�� (sedét�)
Swedish: t-|sv|gråna
Turkish: t-|tr|grile�mek
Vietnamese: t+|vi|bạc|xs=Vietnamese
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Usage notes
There happens to be a handy mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: grey is the English spelling, while gray is the American spelling. However, grey is also frequently found in American English.

Derived terms
top3
grey area
greybeard
mid3
greyness
grey ghost
mid3
grey matter

Noun
grey, gray (US)

1. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white

#:<table><tr><td>grey colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#7F7F7F" width"100">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>

1. (ufology) the image of an extraterrestrial creature with gray skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.

Translations
trans-top|colour
Bosnian: t-|bs|siv
Dutch: t+|nl|grijs
Esperanto: t-|eo|griza|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|harmaa
French: t+|fr|gris
Galician: t+|gl|gris|xs=Galician m
German: t+|de|grau
Greek: γκ�ι (gri) n, ��α��ί (stakhtí) n, �αι� (feó) n
Hebrew: �פ�ר|�ָפ�ֹר (afór)
Irish: liath m, (of animals, cloth, eyes) glas m
Italian: t+|it|grigio|m
Japanese: �� (����, hai-iro), 鼠� (�����, nezumi-iro)
Latvian: t+|lv|pel�ks|xs=Latvian
trans-mid
Polish: t+|pl|szary|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|cinza
Russian: t+|ru|�е��й|trséryj|scCyrl
Romanian: t+|ro|gri
Slovene: siva f
Spanish: t+|es|gris|m, t+|es|plomo|m
Swedish: t+|sv|grå
Tagalog: abo
Turkish: t+|tr|gri
Vietnamese: màu xám
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trans-top|extraterrestrial creature
French: t-|fr|Gris|m
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Breton: louet, gris
ttbc|Chinese: � (huī), �� (huīsè)
ttbc|Frisian: griis, grau ¹
ttbc|Indonesian: kelabu, abu|abu-abu
ttbc|Interlingua: gris
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|خاکستر�|خاک�ست�ر� (x�kestæri)

See also
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Colors
Category:Greys

ar:grey
de:grey
el:grey
es:grey
fr:grey
gl:grey
ko:grey
hy:grey
io:grey
id:grey
it:grey
kk:grey
hu:grey
ja:grey
pl:grey
pt:grey
simple:grey
fi:grey
sv:grey
ta:grey
te:grey
th:grey
vi:grey
tr:grey
zh:grey

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