gru
Translingual
Symbol
gru
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Kistane terms
Danish
Etymology
From grue (“to dread”), from Low German grue, from Middle Low German gruwen, from Proto-Germanic *grūwijaną, perhaps ultimately an imitative derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”),[1] or instead from *gʰer- (“to rub, stroke, grind”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡruː/, [ɡ̊ʁuːˀ]
Noun
gru c (singular definite gruen, not used in plural form)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
gru
- imperative of grue
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gruwen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “460”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 460
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French gru ?, from Frankish *grūt. Cognate with English grout, groats.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁy/
Noun
gru m (uncountable)
- (Louisiana) grits
- Défunte mémère faisait du gru avec le maïs que tu moulais, et alle faisait du bon gru avec ça.
- My late grandmother used to make grits with the corn you would grind up, and she made good grits with that.
Derived terms
Further reading
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, 2009, →ISBN, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin gruem f or m (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂ú-, from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).
Cognate with French grue f, Spanish grua f, Portuguese grou m, Romanian grui m.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡru/*
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: grù
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Noun
gru f (invariable)
- crane (bird)
- crane (machinery)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrʉː/
Noun
gru f (definite singular grua, uncountable)
References
- “gru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡry/
Noun
gru f