grayish

English

Alternative forms

• greyish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English gray

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-isk

Old English -isċ

Middle English -isch

English -ish

English grayish

From gray + -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪ.ɪʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

grayish (comparative more grayish, superlative most grayish)

1. Somewhat gray.

   Synonym: grayey

Derived terms

• grayishly
• grayishness

Translations

somewhat gray

• Armenian: գորշավուն (hy) (goršavun)
• Asturian: agrisáu, grisosu, grisaceu
• Azerbaijani: bozumtul
• Breton: arc'hlas (br), damc'hlas (br)
• Catalan: grisenc (ca), grisós (ca)
• Danish: grålig
• Dutch: grijsachtig (nl)
• Finnish: harmahtava
• French: grisâtre (fr)
• Galician: agrisado (gl) m
• Georgian: მონაცრისფრო (monacrispro)
• German: gräulich (de)
• Hebrew: אֲפַרְפַּר (he) m (ʾafarpár)
• Hungarian: szürkés (hu)
• Irish: scothliath
• Italian: grigiastro (it)
• Latin: rāvēscēns, grīseolus, subgrīseus
• Latvian: pelēcīgs, iepelēks, pelēkgans, iesirms
• Māori: tārekoreko
• Occitan: grisastre, grisenc, grisàs, grisèl
• Ottoman Turkish: قوكور (koñur)
• Polish: szarawy (pl) m
• Portuguese: cinzento (pt)
• Russian: серова́тый (ru) (serovátyj)
• Shor: қырзыбан
• Spanish: grisáceo (es), entrecano / encanecido / canoso (of hair), rucio (es)
• Sundanese: rawun
• Swedish: gråaktig (sv)
• Turkish: grimsi (tr), grimtırak (tr)
• Ukrainian: сірува́тий (siruvátyj)
• Welsh: llwydaidd (cy)