gresie
“gresie” is a Romanian word. Its meaning in English:
noun
In Romanian
- rocă sedimentară foarte dură, formată prin cimentarea nisipurilor cu diverse materiale.
- cute făcută din gresie.
- olărie dură și opacă, având la bază o argilă plastică.
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly a substratum word, akin to Albanian grihë, or derived from Albanian gërresë (“potter's instrument for leveling”). Alternatively, from a Slavic *kresь or *gresь; compare Serbo-Croatian kresalo, kresivo (“flint, tinderbox”), kresati (“light with flint”), kresiti (“set off sparks”).
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