gray
See also: Gray
English
Various shades of gray.
Alternative forms
- grey (used in the UK and the Commonwealth and also in the US)
Etymology 1
See grey.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gray (comparative grayer, superlative grayest) (American spelling, spelled “grey” in the UK and the Commonwealth)
- Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
- Isaac Newton
- These grey and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.
- Isaac Newton
- Dreary, gloomy.
- Daniel C. Gerould
- the era of gray, boring banality and stagnation
- Daniel C. Gerould
- Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
- Relating to older people.
- the gray dollar, i.e. the purchasing power of the elderly
- Ames
- grey experience
Derived terms
Terms derived from gray
Translations
having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember
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dreary, gloomy
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Verb
gray (third-person singular simple present grays, present participle graying, simple past and past participle grayed) (American spelling, spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)
- To become gray.
- My hair is beginning to gray.
- To cause to become gray.
- (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
- the graying of America
Translations
to become gray
to cause to become gray
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Noun
gray (plural grays) (American spelling, spelled “grey” in the UK and the Commonwealth)
- An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
- grey colour:
- An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
- (chiefly US, ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
- (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.[1]
Translations
colour
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extraterrestrial being
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
See also
| Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text) | ||||
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| white | gray, grey | black | ||
| red; crimson | orange; brown | yellow; cream | ||
| lime | green | mint | ||
| cyan; teal | azure, sky blue | blue | ||
| violet; indigo | magenta; purple | pink | ||
References
- Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243
Etymology 2
Named after Louis Harold Gray.
Noun
gray (plural grays)
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass. Symbol: Gy
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Czech
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrei̯/, [ˈɡre̞i̯]
Declension
| Inflection of gray (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | gray | grayt | |
| genitive | grayn | grayiden grayitten | |
| partitive | graytä | grayitä | |
| illative | grayhin grayhyn |
grayihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gray | grayt | |
| accusative | nom. | gray | grayt |
| gen. | grayn | ||
| genitive | grayn | grayiden grayitten | |
| partitive | graytä | grayitä | |
| inessive | grayssä | grayissä | |
| elative | graystä | grayistä | |
| illative | grayhin grayhyn |
grayihin | |
| adessive | grayllä | grayillä | |
| ablative | grayltä | grayiltä | |
| allative | graylle | grayille | |
| essive | graynä | grayinä | |
| translative | grayksi | grayiksi | |
| instructive | — | grayin | |
| abessive | grayttä | grayittä | |
| comitative | — | grayineen | |
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Swedish
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