greu

From Vulgar Latin grevis, from Latin gravis. Compare Romanian greu.

greu m (feminine greauã or grau, masculine plural grei, feminine plural greali / greale / greli)

1. heavy
2. hard, difficult

• greatsã
• griutati
• ngrec
• ngriunedz

greu

1. with difficulty

From Old Catalan greu, from Vulgar Latin *grevis (compare Occitan grèu, Romanian greu, French grief, Italian greve); from Latin gravis (altered by analogy with its antonym levis (“light”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾew/
• Rhymes: -ew

greu (masculine and feminine plural greus)

1. heavy, weighty

   Synonyms: pesat, feixuc

   Antonyms: lleu, lleuger

2. grave, serious

   Antonym: lleu

3. hard, difficult

• accent greu
• greument
• saber greu

• agreujar
• gravetat

• “greu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “greu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “greu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “greu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• griu

Inherited from Latin graecus. Compare grezois.

greu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grecque)

1. Greek (from or relating to Greece)

greu m (nominative singular greus)

1. Greek (language)

From Vulgar Latin grevis, from Latin gravis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Doublet of the borrowed grav.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrew/

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greu m or n (feminine singular grea, masculine plural grei, feminine and neuter plural grele)

1. heavy
2. hard, difficult

• (difficult): dificil

• (heavy, difficult): ușor

• greoi
• îngreuia

• greață
• greutate
• îngreca
• îngreuna