Greyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 grey, from 古期英語 grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) enPR: grā, IPA: /ɡɹeɪ/
• 韻: -eɪ

形容詞

grey (comparative greyer or more grey, superlative greyest or most grey)

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
   • 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

     These grey and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.

   • 1954 August, H. M. Madgwick, “The Blaenau Festiniog Tunnel”, in Railway Magazine, page 569:

     This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line.

2. (South Africa, slang) Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).

派生語

動詞

grey (third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed)

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
   • 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck‎:

     Now only a few hand-hewn cedar planks and roof beams remained, moss-grown and sagging—a few totem poles, greyed and split.

名詞

grey (plural greys)

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
   • 1810, Walter Scott, “(please specify the canto number or page)”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):

     Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, / That costs thy life, my gallant grey.

   • 1833, Sporting Magazine, volume 6, page 400:

     Pioneer seemed now to have the game in his own hands; but the Captain, by taking two desperate leaps, cut off a corner, by which he regained the ground he had lost by the fall, and was up with the grey the remainder of the chase.

参考

• greys

参照

アナグラム

• -ergy, gyre

語源

From 古期英語 grǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

発音

• IPA: /ɡræi̯/
• 韻: -æi̯

形容詞

grey (plural and weak singular greye)

1. grey, dull, drab (in color)
2. glinting, glistening

派生した語

• English: gray, grey
• Scots: gray
• Yola: gry

参照

• “grei, adj. & n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

名詞

grey

1. grey (colour)
2. Fur of the grey squirrel
3. grey clothes
4. grey textiles
5. An elderly man
6. A badger

派生した語

• English: gray, grey
• Scots: gray
• Yola: gry

参照

• “grei, adj. & n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.
• “grei, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.
• “grei, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

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