gres

See also: GREs, Gres, grés, grès, Greś, and Gręś

English

Noun

gres

1. plural of gre

Catalan

Etymology

From gresa (“granitic sand, sandy regolith”), variant form of greda (“clay”), or borrowed from French grès (“sandstone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɡɾɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɾes]

Noun

gres m (plural gresos)

1. sandstone

   Synonym: pedra sorrenca

2. stoneware

Further reading

• “gres” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gres” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Etymology

From French grès.

Noun

gres m (invariable)

1. stoneware

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English græs.

Noun

gres

1. Alternative form of gras

Etymology 2

From gre +‎ -es.

Noun

gres

1. plural of gre (“step, degree”)

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman grece.

Noun

gres

1. Alternative form of grece (“grease”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French grès.

Noun

gres n (plural gresuri)

1. sandstone

Declension

Declension of gres

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gres	gresul	(niște) gresuri	gresurile
genitive/dative	(unui) gres	gresului	(unor) gresuri	gresurilor
vocative	gresule		gresurilor

References

• gres in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN