# gro
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊ

### Etymology 1

Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.

#### Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)
* (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
    Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

#### See also

* grody

### Etymology 2

Shortening of gross (noun).

#### Numeral

gro
* The cardinal number occurring after el do el (↋↋) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.

#### See also

* mo

### Etymology 3

Shortening of grove.

#### Noun

gro
* (UK, in street addresses) Abbreviation of grove.

### Anagrams

* Org., Rog, org, org., rog

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

Inherited from French gros (“big, fat, thick; important”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɾo/
* Rhymes: -o

### Adjective

gro m (feminine gròs)
* big
    Synonym: gran
* fat
    Antonym: mæg
* thick
    Synonym: (of liquids) épé
    Antonyms: étrwa, fin, léjé, mins
* important
    Synonym: importan
* (of weather) bad, unfavorable

#### Derived terms

* gro tem

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Old High German grāo, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʀo/, [ɡʀoː]
** Rhymes: -oː
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)
* grey

#### Declension
### See also

Colors in Luxembourgish · Faarwen (layout · text) :
| wäiss | gro | schwaarz |
| rout | orange; brong | giel |
| | gréng | |
| turquoise | blo (hellblo, himmelblo) | blo (donkelblo) |
| violett; indigo | magenta; mof | rosa; pink |

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse gróa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡruː/

### Verb

gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)
* to grow
* to sprout, germinate

#### Derived terms

* inngrodd
* mosegrodd

### References

* “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡruː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.

#### Verb

gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)
* to grow (of plants and body hair)
    Graset gror godt i denne varmen.The grass is growing well in this heat.
* to sprout, germinate
* to heal (of cuts and sores)
    Ta plaster på såret til det gror.Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.

##### Derived terms

* inngrodd
* mosegrodd

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krodu (“toad”) of origin unknown. Compare Swedish groda (with plural ending -or). Attested in Glossarium Norvagicum (1749), having masculine gender.

#### Noun

gro f (definite singular groa, indefinite plural grør, definite plural grørne)
* (Trøndelag dialect, Hedmark, Gudbrandsdal, Helgeland, Nordmøre) a toad
    Synonym: padde

### References

* “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.

### Adjective

gro
* gray, grey

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Syllabification: gro

### Noun

gro
* vocative singular of gra

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From French gros.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrôː/
* Hyphenation: gro

### Adverb

grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)
* much, a lot
    Synonyms: pȕno, mnȍgo, dȍsta

### References

* “gro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English grow.

### Verb

gro
* To grow.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse gróa. Cognate with English grow.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡruː/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

gro (present gror, preterite grodde, supine grott, imperative gro)
* (intransitive) to sprout, germinate
* (transitive) to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)
* (intransitive, figurative) take hold; increase; grow

#### Derived terms

* grogrund (“hotbed, seedbed”)

#### Related terms

* grodd (“germ, sprout”)

### See also

* växa (“grow”)

### References

* gro in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* gro in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* gro in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *grọw, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡroː/
* Rhymes: -oː

### Noun

gro m (collective, singulative gröyn)
* gravel, pebbles
    Synonym: graean

#### Derived terms

* grobwll m (“gravel pit”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies