gra

Plural of grua.

gra

1. women

Inherited from Latin grānum (compare French grain, Occitan gran, Spanish grano), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Portuguese grão, Galician gran, and Spanish grano.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɾa]
• Rhymes: -a

gra m (plural grans)

1. grain, the seed of various grass crops
2. grain, seed, kernel, bean, a single seed of certain crops
3. grain, a similar single particle of various substances
4. grain, the linear surface texture of various substances, particularly wood
5. pimple, blackhead, a blocked skin pore, especially with a painful and pus-filled inflamation
   • 1994, Enric Casasses, “Cançó”, in Començament dels començaments i ocasió de les ocasions:

     L'amor ho cura tot i no et fas vell,
     és perfecte contra els grans,
     la sífilis del cervell
     i la tristor de les mans.

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6. (historical) grano, Spanish grain, a traditional unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg
7. grain, other units of measure notionally based on the weight of various grains

• esgranar
• graner

• grànul

• “gra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “gra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From French gras (“fat”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɣa/

gra

1. fat

gra f

1. berry

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: gra

Inherited from Old Polish igra.

gra f (diminutive gierka, related adjective growy or gierny)

1. play

   Synonym: zabawa

2. game
3. (gaming) gameplay

   Synonym: rozgrywka

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gra

1. third-person singular present of grać

• gra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• gra in PWN's encyclopedia

From Irish grá.

gra (plural gras)

1. (Ulster) liking for; affection.

   I had no gra for it.

   I did not like it; It wasn't to my liking.

• Glossary of Words in the Counties of Antrim and Down, William Hugh Patterson, 1880