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grixo

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɾi.zo/

“grixo” is a Venetan word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. grey, gray

In Venetan

  1. che xe de un coƚor infrà el bianco e 'l negro
  2. el coƚor grixo

Examples

  • Łe ałe łe xe sołitamente de cołor bianco, grixo o nero e inte i jóveni anca maron.
  • I cołori piexe comuni i xera el blu e el verde, ma i xe esistìe anca in grixo e beige.

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Etymology

Old French or Occitan, both from Frankish *gris, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”). Akin to Old High German grīs (German greis) and grāo, Old English grǣġ (English grey, gray), Old Norse grār, Italian grigio.

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