gron

See also: grön, grǫn, grøn, grōń, gróń, and Groń

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from gronen.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔːn/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈɡraːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

gron (plural grones)

  1. A groaning or moaning sound.
  2. The trickle of a watercourse.
Descendants
  • English: groan
  • Scots: grain, grane
References

Etymology 2

Verb

gron

  1. alternative form of gronen

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn
  • Syllabification: gron

Etymology 1

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Noun

gron m animal

  1. (Podegrodzie) synonym of talar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gron

  1. genitive plural of grono

Further reading

  • Karol Mátyás (1891) “gron”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 322

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch grond.

Noun

gron

  1. earth, soil
  2. field
  3. vegetable garden, allotment
  4. (historical) a provision ground, a plot of land allocated to enslaved people for subsistence agriculture

Derived terms

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