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grau

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See also:Grau,grâu,andgraŭ

Asturian

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Etymology

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FromLatingradus.

Noun

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graum(pluralgraos)

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

Bavarian

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germangrā,fromOld High Germangrāo,fromProto-West Germanic*grāu.Cognate withGermangrau.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ɡ̊raʊ̯/
    • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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grau

  1. grey

See also

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

Catalan

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Etymology

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InheritedfromLatingradus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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graum(pluralgraus)

  1. degree,level(an individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values)
    • 2020December 12, David Bueno, “10 coses que encara no sabem del cervell[10 things we still don't know about the brain]”,inAra[1]:
      Tots els animals amb cervell tenen un certgraude consciència.
      All animals with brains have a certaindegreeof 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 180grausto do a 180(literally, “to make a turn of 180degrees”)
  7. (hydrography)inlet
    Synonym:gola
  8. (nautical)landing

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Spanish:grao

Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germangrā,fromOld High Germangrāo,fromProto-West Germanic*grāu.CompareEnglishgray,grey.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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grau(strong nominative masculine singulargrauer,comparativegrauer,superlativeamgrauestenoramgrausten)

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

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • grau”inDudenonline
  • grau”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germangrāu,fromOld Saxongrao.Cognate toGermangrau,Dutchgrauw.

Adjective

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grau(comparativegrauer,superlativegraust)

  1. grey

Declension

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Synonyms

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germangrā,fromOld High Germangrāo.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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grau(comparativegrauer,superlativegrauest)

  1. grey,gray
    Meer hon dreigraueKatze.
    We have threegreycats.

See also

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Colorsin 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

Further reading

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Portuguese

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PortugueseWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediapt

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesegrao,graao,fromLatingradus(step,grade,degree).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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graum(pluralgraus)

  1. degree,a unit of temperature, now typically using the Celsius scale
    A água congela a zerograuscentígrados.
    Water freezes at 0degreesCelsius.
  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
  5. (informal)wheelie,a stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.

Coordinate terms

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  • (unit of angular measure):légua(118,120,or125equatorial degree)
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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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grau

  1. Soft mutation ofcrau.

Mutation

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Mutated formsofcrau
radical soft nasal aspirate
crau grau nghrau chrau

Note:Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.