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

  • enPR: grā, IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophones: grey, greige

Adjective

gray (comparative grayer, superlative grayest) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)

  1. (US) 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.
  2. (US) Dreary, gloomy.
  3. (US) Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
  4. (US) Relating to older people.
    the gray dollar, i.e. the purchasing power of the elderly
    • Ames
      grey experience
Usage notes

A mnemonic for remembering which spelling is used where: grey is the English spelling, while gray is the American spelling. However, grey is also found in American English.

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Verb

gray (third-person singular simple present grays, present participle graying, simple past and past participle grayed) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)

  1. (US) To become gray.
    My hair is beginning to gray.
  2. (US) To cause to become gray.
  3. (US, 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

Noun

gray (plural grays) (spelled "grey" in the UK and the Commonwealth)

  1. (US) An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
    grey colour:  
  2. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
  3. (chiefly US, ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
  4. (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.[1]
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See also

Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)
     white      gray, grey      black      brown
             pink              red ; crimson              orange              yellow ; cream
             lime              green                           cyan ; teal
             azure, sky blue              blue              violet ; indigo              magenta ; purple

References

  1. ↑ 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)

  1. 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
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Czech

Noun

gray m

  1. gray (unit of absorbed radiation)

Further reading

  • gray in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrei̯/

Noun

gray

  1. gray (SI unit)

Declension

Inflection of gray (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛj/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Noun

gray m (plural grays)

  1. gray (SI unit)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

gray m (plural grays)

  1. (physics) gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

gray m (plural grays)

  1. (ufology) gray (one of a race of evil, short extraterrestrial beings)

Swedish

Noun

gray c

  1. gray (SI unit)
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