grès

See also: gres, GREs, Gres, and grés

French

Alternative forms

grais, gray (archaic)
grés, grez (obsolete)

Etymology

From Frankish *greot (compare Old High German griez, Middle Dutch griet), from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit, sandstone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛ/
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Noun

grès m (plural grès)

(geology) sandstone
stoneware

Derived terms

gréseux

Further reading

“grès”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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