grao

See also: grão, graõ, and graó

English

Etymology

From Portuguese grão (“grain”), from Old Galician-Portuguese grão, from Latin grānum. Doublet of corn, grain, gram, and granum.

Noun

grao (plural graos)

1. (historical) A traditional short Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 4.6 mm.
2. (historical) A traditional short Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg.

Synonyms

• Portuguese grain, grain (Portuguese contexts)

Coordinate terms

• (unit of length): ponto (¹⁄₂₄ grao), linha (¹⁄₂ grao), dedo (4 graos), polegada (6 graos)
• (unit of mass): vintem (2+¹⁄₄ graos), quilate (4 graos), escropulo (24 graos), oitava (72 graos), onça (576 graos)

Anagrams

• goar, Argo, Goar, rago, Rago, gora, Agro, Gora, agro, Garo, agro-

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾao/ [ˈɡɾɑ.ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡɾao/ [ˈɡɾɑ.ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħɾao/ [ˈħɾɑ.ʊ]

• Rhymes: -ao

Etymology 1

From Latin gradus.

Noun

grao m (plural graos)

1. degree (of temperature)
2. (genealogy) degree
   • 1274, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Domínguez (ed.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 391:

     E se alguun ome uel moler contra esta mýa vendicon a deromper veer, assy de mýa parte como doutra agia a mýa maldiçon ata setimo grao e a yra de Deus pro sempre

     If any man or woman against this my selling comes, for breaking it, from my part as well as other's, have my curse until the seventh degree and the wrath of God forever

3. academic degree
4. degree (of angle measure)
5. (mathematics) degree of a polynomial

Etymology 2

Noun

grao m (plural graos)

1. Alternative form of gran (“grain”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “grao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “grao”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grao”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “grao”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Adjective

grāo

1. grey

Inflection

Declension of grāw (wa-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	grāw	grāw	grāw	grāwa, grāwe
accusative	grāwan, grāwen	grāwa	grāw	grāwa, grāwe
genitive	grāwes	grāwero	grāwes	grāwero
dative	grāwin, grāwemo	grāwero	grāwin, grāwemo	grāwon
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	grāwo	grāwa	grāwa	grāwon
accusative	grāwon	grāwon	grāwa	grāwon
genitive	grāwin	grāwon	grāwin	grāwono
dative	grāwin	grāwon	grāwin	grāwon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: grau
  • Dutch: grauw, graauw (obsolete)
    • Afrikaans: grou
    • Jersey Dutch: xrāuje, grô
    • Negerhollands: grou

References

“grāo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grāu, see also Old English græġ, Old Norse grár.

Adjective

grāo

1. grey

Descendants

• Middle High German: grā
  • Alemannic German: graaw
  • Bavarian: grau

    Gottscheerish: grūb

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: grau

    Luxembourgish: gro

  • East Central German:

    Vilamovian: graoj

  • East Franconian:
  • German: grau
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Frankfurterisch: IPA [kʀoː], (newer, from about 1925) [kʀau]

    Pennsylvania German: gro

  • Yiddish: גראָ (gro), גרוי (groy)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grāu, see also Old English græġ, Old Norse grár.

Adjective

grāo

1. grey

Declension

Declension of grāo

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	grāo	grāwe	grāo	grāwu	grāo	grāwe
accusative	grāwana	grāwe	grāo	grāwu	grāwa	grāwe
genitive	grāwes	grāwarō	grāwes	grāwarō	grāwaro	grāwarō
dative	grāwumu	grāwum	grāwumu	grāwum	grāwaro	grāwum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	grāwo	grāwu	grāwa	grāwu	grāwa	grāwu
accusative	grāwun	grāwun	grāwa	grāwun	grāwun	grāwun
genitive	grāwun	grāwonō	grāwun	grāwonō	grāwun	grāwonō
dative	grāwun	grāwum	grāwun	grāwum	grāwun	grāwum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: grāu
  • Low German:
    • German Low German: grag, grau

      Plautdietsch: greiw

  • → West Frisian: grauw

Portuguese

Noun

grao m (plural graos)

1. Obsolete spelling of grau.
2. Obsolete spelling of grão.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan grau (“step, stair”). Doublet of grado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾao/ [ˈɡɾa.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: gra‧o

Noun

grao m (plural graos)

1. shore, strand

Further reading

• “grao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10