# grei
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grey, gree, from Latin grex. Doublet of grea.
Cognate with Portuguese grei and Spanish grey.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrej/, /ɡrɛj/

### Noun

grei f (plural greis)
* association, society (group of people)
* (Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)
* (historical) group of vassals or subjects
* (literary) nation

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “grey”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “grey”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grei”, 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), “grei”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “grey”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse greiðr, cognate Icelandic greiður.

### Adjective

grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greit, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiere, indefinite superlative greiest, definite superlative greieste)
* straight, easy
* clear, plain, obvious, straightforward
* nice, kind, good, good-natured

### References

* “grei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse greiðr, cognate Icelandic greiður.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrɛɪː/, [ɡrɛ̝ɪ̯ː], [ɡræɪ̯ː], [ɡra̝ɪ̯ː]

### Adjective

grei (masculine and feminine grei, neuter greitt, definite singular and plural greie, comparative greiare, indefinite superlative greiast, definite superlative greiaste)
* simple, easy; straightforward
    Dette var ei grei oppgåveThis was an easy task
* practical; useful, good; OK
    Er denne organiseringa grei?Is this setup good?
    Det er ikkje greittIt is not OK
* nice, kind
    Dei er greie personar.They are nice people.

### Verb

grei
* imperative of greia

### References

* “grei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin gregem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡɾej/ [ˈɡɾeɪ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɾɐj/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɾɐj/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɾej/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɾej/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɾe/
* Hyphenation: grei

### Noun

grei f (plural greis)
* small flock of livestock
* (figuratively) association; society (group of people)
* (Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)
* (historical) group of vassals or subjects
* (obsolete) a people

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

grei
* nominative/accusative/genitive/dative indefinite masculine plural of greu

## Traveller Norwegian
### Alternative forms

* grai, grej, graj

### Etymology

Inherited from Romani grast. Compare Kalo Finnish Romani grai.

### Noun

grei
* a horse
* a male horse