grus

See also: Grus, Gruß, and grús

English

Noun

grus (plural gruses)

1. (geology) An accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the chemical and mechanical weathering of crystalline rocks.

Anagrams

• rugs

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːs/, [ɡ̊ʁuːˀs]

Noun

grus n (singular definite gruset, not used in plural form)

1. gravel

Declension

Declension of grus

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	grus	gruset
genitive	grus'	grusets

Derived terms

• kattegrus (“kitty litter”)

References

• “grus” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

grūs (a crane)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *grūs, from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate to English crane, but not to grouse, whose etymology is unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡruːs/, [ɡruːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡrus/, [ɡrus]

Noun

grūs f or m (genitive gruis); third declension

1. crane, a bird also eaten as food
2. a type of siege weapon

Usage notes

• Feminine by default.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	grūs	gruēs
genitive	gruis	gruum
dative	gruī	gruibus
accusative	gruem	gruēs
ablative	grue	gruibus
vocative	grūs	gruēs

Synonyms

• (weapon): corvus m

Derived terms

• gruō

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *grua f
  • Old French: grue f
    • Middle French: grue f
      • French: grue f

Unsorted:

• Albanian: kurrilë
• Catalan: grua f
• English: Grus
• Translingual: Grus
• Galician: grúa f
• Italian: gru f
• Piedmontese: gru f
• Portuguese: grou m, grua f (possibly via French), grulha (via Spanish)
• Romanian: grui m
• Spanish: grulla f, grúa f
• Translingual: Grues, Grus

References

• “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “grus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German grus.

Noun

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

1. gravel

Derived terms

• grusvei, grusveg

References

• “grus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German grus.

Noun

grus m or n (definite singular grusen or gruset)

1. gravel

Derived terms

• grusveg

References

• “grus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish grus, from Middle Low German grus, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ʉːs

Noun

grus n

1. gravel; small pieces of stone
2. red clay (on a tennis court), hard court

Declension

Declension of grus

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	grus	grus
	definite	gruset	grusets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• grabbarna grus
• grusbacke
• grusbana
• grusbank
• grusbelägga
• grusbeläggning
• grusbil
• grusbädd
• grusgrop
• grusgång
• grushög
• gruskorn
• grusning
• grusplan
• grusspelare
• grustag
• grustennis
• grustäckt
• grustäkt
• grusviva
• grusväg+
• grusås
• grusöken

 

Related terms

• grusa
• grusig

See also

• asfalt
• gräs
• knastra
• morän
• sand
• singel
• stone

References

• grus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grus in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German grōz.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

grūs

1. great
2. big

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “big”): klīn