grisu
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French grisou,[1][2] from Walloon grisou.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: gri‧su
Noun
[edit]grisu m (plural grisus)
- firedamp (inflammable gas in coal mines)
References
[edit]- ^ “grisu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “grisu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024