grégeois

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁe.ʒwa/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French grezois, from gri(e)u (< Latin graecus) + -ois or from Vulgar Latin *graeciscus (compare Romanian grecesc). Doublet of grisou. See also grive.

Adjective

grégeois (feminine grégeoise, masculine plural grégeois, feminine plural grégeoises)

(obsolete) Greek, Grecian
Synonym: grec

feu grégeois ― Greek fire

Etymology 2

From Grèges +‎ -ois.

Adjective

grégeois (feminine grégeoise, masculine plural grégeois, feminine plural grégeoises)

(relational) of Grèges

Further reading

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

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