gro

See also: Gro, GRO, -gro-, and gró

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.

Adjective

gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)

1. (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.

   Wash your hair! It's totally gro.

See also

• grody

Etymology 2

Shortening of gross (noun).

Numeral

gro

1. 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

1. (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^(key): /ɡɾo/
• Rhymes: -o

Adjective

gro m (feminine gròs)

1. big

   Synonym: gran

2. fat

   Antonym: mæg

3. thick

   Synonym: (of liquids) épé

   Antonyms: étrwa, fin, léjé, mins

4. important

   Synonym: importan

5. (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^(key): /ɡʀo/, [ɡʀoː]
  • Rhymes: -oː

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. grey

Declension

declension of gro

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass gro	si ass gro	et ass gro	si si(nn) gro
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	groen	gro	grot	gro
	independent without determiner			groes	groer
dative	after any declined word	groen	groer	groen	groen
	as first declined word	groem		groem

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^(key): /ɡruː/

Verb

gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)

1. to grow
2. to sprout, germinate

Derived terms

• inngrodd
• mosegrodd

References

• “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

1. : to grow (of plants and body hair)

   Graset gror godt i denne varmen.

   The grass is growing well in this heat.

2. to sprout, germinate
3. : 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)

1. (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

1. gray, grey

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: gro

Noun

gro

1. vocative singular of gra

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French gros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrôː/
• Hyphenation: gro

Adverb

grȏ (Cyrillic spelling гро̑)

1. much, a lot

   Synonyms: pȕno, mnȍgo, dȍsta

References

• “gro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English grow.

Verb

gro

1. To grow.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gróa. Cognate with English grow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruː/

• Audio:

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Verb

gro (present gror, preterite grodde, supine grott, imperative gro)

1. (intransitive) to sprout, germinate
2. (transitive) to sprout (to cause to grow from a seed)
3. (intransitive, figurative) take hold; increase; grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of gro (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gro		gros
Supine	grott		grotts
Imperative	gro		—
Imper. plural1	gron		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	gror	grodde	gros	groddes
Ind. plural1	gro	grodde	gros	groddes
Subjunctive2	gro	grodde	gros	groddes
	Participles
Present participle	groende
Past participle	grodd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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^(key): /ɡroː/
• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

gro m (collective, singulative gröyn)

1. gravel, pebbles

   Synonym: graean

Derived terms

• grobwll m (“gravel pit”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gro

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gro	ro	ngro	unchanged

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