grégeois
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁe.ʒwa/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French grezois, from gri(e)u (< Latin graecus) + -ois or from Vulgar Latin *graeciscus (compare Romanian grecesc). Doublet of grisou. See also grive.
Adjective
grégeois (feminine grégeoise, masculine plural grégeois, feminine plural grégeoises)
- (obsolete) Greek, Grecian
- Synonym: grec
- feu grégeois ― Greek fire
Etymology 2
Adjective
grégeois (feminine grégeoise, masculine plural grégeois, feminine plural grégeoises)
- (relational) of Grèges
Further reading
- “grégeois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.