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GRISE

Definitions: GRISE

GRISE

Noun

1. A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.

2. See Grice, a pig.

Plural

1. Of Gree

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "GRISE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1604. (references)

"GRISE" is a common misspelling or typo for: graze, grilse, grime, gripe, grist, grouse, guise.


Specialty Definitions: GRISE

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Grise A step. (See Grecian Stairs .)
Which as a grise or step may help these lovers
Into your favour."
Shakespeare: Othello, i.3. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: GRISE

English words defined with "GRISE": Grize. (references)
Non-English Usage: "GRISE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (dismally).

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Modern Usage: GRISE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

La Poulette grise (1947)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: GRISE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Une\Eminence Grise Jean Jardin (reference)

  • Coup de torchon sur Bruxelles! : l'Europe grise, suivi de, Premier rapport sur les allégations de fraude, de mauvaise gestion et de népotisme du Comité d'experts indépendants à la Commission européenne (reference)

  • L'\Eminence Grise (reference)

  • La céramique grise monochrome en Provence (reference)

  • La planète grise (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: GRISE

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

L'eminence Grise. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: GRISE

The following table summarizes the usage of "GRISE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
GriseLast name1,00018,680
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: GRISE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

carte grise

42

fiord grise

8

grise truite

6

grise

6

address carte changement grise

4

fjord grise

4

eminence grise

3

grise martha

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: GRISE

Language Translations for "GRISE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Vietnamese 

  

mưu sĩ (eminence grise, grey eminence), kẻ tâm phúc (eminence grise, grey eminence). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: GRISE

Derivations

Words beginning with "GRISE": griseofulvin, griseofulvins, griseous, grisette, grisettes. (additional references)

Words containing "GRISE": ambergrises, verdigrises. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: GRISE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-i-r-s"

-1 letter: egis, ergs, gies, ires, regs, reis, rigs, rise, sire.

-2 letters: erg, ers, gie, ire, reg, rei, res, rig, seg, sei, ser, sir, sri.

-3 letters: er, es, is, re, si.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-i-r-s"
 

+1 letter: dirges, gibers, givers, grides, griefs, grilse, grimes, gripes, ligers, orgies, regius, reigns, renigs, rerigs, resign, ridges, sagier, sering, sigher, signer, singer, tigers.

 

+2 letters: aigrets, begirds, begrims, bingers, bridges, cringes, diggers, digress, dingers, earings, earwigs, emigres, engirds, erasing, eringos, figures, fingers, fridges, fringes, gainers, gaiters, gassier, gerbils, gibbers, gilders, gillers, gingers, ginners, gippers, girders, girdles, girlies, girshes, gisarme, glaires, gliders, glister, glories, goiters, goitres, goosier, goriest, gorsier, gravies, greiges, greisen, greyish, grieves, griffes, grilles, grilses, gripers, grippes, gristle, grivets, grushie, guiders, gurries, gushier, gustier, gutsier, hegaris, hegiras, hingers, ignores, imagers, ingress, jiggers, ligures, lingers, megrims, mirages, misgrew, niggers, ogreish, ogreism, pingers, porgies, raggies, reagins, regains, regilds, regimes, reginas, regions, regives, remiges, resight, resigns, resting, reusing, ridgels, riggers, ringers, rivages, rugbies, saggier, seagirt, searing, sedgier, serging, seringa, serpigo, serving, sighers, sighter, signers, signore, singers, skreigh, slinger, snigger, soggier, springe, stagier, stinger, swigger, swinger, syringe, tigress, triages, versing, wingers, zingers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GRISE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 52 49 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.    .-.    ..    ...    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01010010 01001001 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#82 &#73 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0052 0049 0053 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4152435339

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Names: Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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