gron

See also: grön, grǫn, grøn, grōń, and Groń

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from gronen.

Alternative forms

• grone, grane

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔːn/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

gron (plural grones)

1. A groaning or moaning sound.
2. The trickle of a watercourse.

Descendants

• English: groan
• Scots: grain, grane

References

• “grōn(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.

Etymology 2

Verb

gron

1. Alternative form of gronen

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔn/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Podegrodzie) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔn/

• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: gron

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gron m animal

1. (Sącz Lach) Synonym of talar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gron

1. genitive plural of grono

Further reading

• Karol Mátyás (1891) “gron”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 322

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch grond.

Noun

gron

1. earth, soil
2. field
3. vegetable garden, allotment
4. (historical) a provision ground, a plot of land allocated to enslaved people for subsistence agriculture

Derived terms

• grontapu