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gri
gray /ɡri/
adjective#4182 most common
Also: grey (the color), grayish
Example sentences
Pisica mea este gri.
My cat is gray.
Îmi place culoarea gri.
I like the color gray.
Cerul este gri astăzi.
The sky is gray today.
A cumpărat o mașină gri.
He bought a gray car.
Părul ei a devenit gri de-a lungul anilor.
Her hair turned gray over the years.
Nuanțele de gri din tablou dau o senzație de melancolie.
The shades of gray in the painting give a feeling of melancholy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gri | gri |
| Genitive | gri | gri |
| Accusative | gri | gri |
| Vocative | gri | gri |
Word family
grigray (invariable)
griulthe gray (definite form, referring to the color itself)
gri-deschislight gray
gri-închisdark gray
gri-verzuigreenish gray
Etymology
Gri entered Romanian from French gris, part of a wave of French loanwords that reshaped Romanian vocabulary in the 19th century. French gris itself came from a Germanic source, so the word is a relative of the native English and German terms for the same color. As a French loan, gri stayed invariable in Romanian, unlike native adjectives that change for gender and number.
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