gro

See also: Gro, GRO, and gró

English

Etymology

Shortening of gross, perhaps via grody.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)

  1. (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
    Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

See also

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German grāo, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʀo/, [ɡʀoː]
    • Rhymes: -oː

Adjective

gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)

  1. grey

Declension
declension of gro
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass gro si ass gro et ass gro si si(nn) gro
without article nominative/accusative groen gro grot gro
dative groem groer groem groen
with article nominative/accusative groen gro grot gro
dative groen groer groen groen

See also
Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text)
     wäiss      gro      schwaarz
             rout              orange ; brong              giel
                          gréng             
                          himmelblo              blo
             violett ; indigo              magenta ; mof              rosa

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa

Verb

gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)

  1. to grow
  2. to sprout, germinate

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡruː/

Verb

gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)

  1. (of plants and body hair): to grow
    Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
    The grass is growing well in this heat.
  2. to sprout, germinate
  3. (of cuts and sores): to heal
    Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
    Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.

Derived terms

References

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.

Adjective

gro

  1. gray, grey

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrɔ/

Noun

gro

  1. vocative singular of gra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French gros.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrôː/
  • Hyphenation: gro

Adverb

grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)

  1. much, a lot

Synonyms

References
  • “gro” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English grow.

Verb

gro

  1. To grow.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.

Noun

gro m pl (singulative gröyn)

  1. gravel, pebbles
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