Le mot anglais du jour

grey

gris

Définitions

anglais > français
grey
1. adj. Gris.
2. n. Gris.
3. v. Grisonner.
His hair was greying.
4. v. Griser.
I greyed out this section of text.
5. v. Devenir âgé avec les cheveux gris.
anglais > anglais
grey
1. adj. Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
2. adj. (UK, Commonwealth) standard spelling of gray
3. adj. Dreary, gloomy.
4. adj. Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
5. v. (UK, Commonwealth) standard spelling of gray
6. adj. Relating to older people.
7. n. (UK, Commonwealth) standard spelling of gray
the grey dollar, i.e. the purchasing power of the elderly
8. v. To become grey.
My hair is beginning to grey.
9. v. To cause to become grey.
10. v. (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
the greying of Europe
11. n. (often spelled "gray" in the US)
12. n. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
(color panel, grey, 808080)
13. n. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
14. n. (ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.
français > anglais
gris
1. adj. grey, gray
2. adj. (colloquial) drunk, tipsy
3. n-m. gray

Exemples de phrases

His hair has turned grey.

Il a la chevelure grisonnante.
We display grey sentences because they can be useful, but you should be careful. Their meaning may differ a little from the main sentence.

Nous affichons les phrases grisées parce qu'elles peuvent être utiles, mais vous devriez être attentif. Leur signification peut varier un peu de la phrase principale.
It's a legal grey area.

C'est une zone grise de la loi.
This pencil is not grey.

Ce crayon n'est pas gris.
The sky was grey.

Le ciel était gris.