gru

See also: GRU and Gru

Danish

Etymology

From grue (“to dread”), from Low German grue, from Middle Low German gruwen, from Proto-Germanic *grūwijaną, perhaps ultimately an imitative derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”),^[1] or instead from *gʰer- (“to rub, stroke, grind”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruː/, [ɡ̊ʁuːˀ]

Noun

gru c (singular definite gruen, not used in plural form)

1. horror

Synonyms

• rædsel

Derived terms

• grusom (“cruel”)

Verb

gru

1. imperative of grue

References

1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gruwen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “460”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 460

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gru, from Frankish *grūt. Cognate with English grout, groats.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁy/

Noun

gru m (uncountable)

1. (Louisiana) grits

   Défunte mémère faisait du gru avec le maïs que tu moulais, et alle faisait du bon gru avec ça.

   My late grandmother used to make grits with the corn you would grind up, and she made good grits with that.

Derived terms

• gruau

Further reading

• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, 2009, →ISBN, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gruem (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂ú-, from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡru/^*
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: grù

• Audio:

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Noun

gru f (invariable)

1. crane (bird)
2. crane (machinery)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrʉː/

Noun

gru f (definite singular grua, uncountable)

1. dread, horror

References

• “gru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡry/

Noun

gru f

1. crane