grège

See also: grege

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

grège (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of greige

Noun

grège (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of greige

French

Etymology

From Middle French grège (“(adjective) of silk: raw, unfinished; of the colour of such silk, greyish-beige; (noun) raw or unfinished silk; the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”), from Italian greggio (“raw, unrefined; unbleached”); further etymology uncertain,[1][2] possibly from Vulgar Latin *gregius (as in lana *gregia (“untreated wool as obtained from the flock”)), from grex (“flock (of sheep, etc.)”),[3] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛʒ/
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Adjective

grège (plural grèges)

  1. of silk: raw
  2. of the colour of such silk, between grey and beige; greige

Noun

grège m (plural grèges)

  1. raw or unfinished silk
  2. the colour of such silk, closely akin to taupe; greyish-beige, greige
    grège:  

References
  1. Compare “greige, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
  2. Compare “greige, adj. and n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. Compare “greige, adj.”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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