grassy

English

Etymology

From Middle English grasy; equivalent to grass +‎ -y. Compare Dutch grazig (“grassy”), German grasig (“grassy”), Icelandic grösugur (“grassy”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæsi/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -æsi
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑːsi/
- Rhymes: -ɑːsi

Adjective

grassy (comparative grassier, superlative grassiest)

Covered with grass.
Resembling grass.

Derived terms

Translations

covered with grass

Aromanian: irbos
Bulgarian: тревист (trevist), покрит с трева (pokrit s treva)
Catalan: herbaci (ca)
Finnish: ruohoinen
French: herbeux (fr) m
Friulian: jerbôs
German: grasbewachsen (de)
Icelandic: grösugur

Irish: féarúil
Italian: erboso (it)
Latin: grāmineus, herbosus
Portuguese: gramado
Romanian: ierbos (ro)
Sicilian: ervusu
Spanish: herboso

resembling grass

Finnish: ruohomainen
Irish: ^{(please verify)} féarúil

Italian: erbale (literary)

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