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gray: gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation)
grec: Greek
grec: the Greek language; ellipsis of sandwich grec; kebab sandwich
grec ancien: Ancient Greek (language)
grec ancien: Ancient Greek (language)
grec antique: synonym of grec ancien
grec antique: ancient Greek (of or relating to Ancient Greece)
grec classique: Classical Greek (the form of the Ancient Greek language used during the classical period of Greek literature: approximately 600 to 300 BCE)
grec moderne: Modern Greek
grec mycénien: Mycenaean Greek
grec-catholique: Greek Catholic
grec-orthodoxe: Greek Orthodox
grecs du roi: alternative letter-case form of Grecs du roi.
gredin: beggar; scoundrel, rascal
green: green
greeter: greeter (volunteer who shows tourists around their home city or region for free)
greffage: grafting; transplantation
greffe: graft, scion; organ transplant, autoplasty; a piece of graft
greffe: court clerk's office, court registrar's office; court clerk, court registrar
greffe des charlatans: A fraudulent apparent graft, the scion being passed through a hole bored in the stock.
greffer: to transplant, to graft
greffier: clerk of the court; registrar of the court, or similar role; cat, malkin; hag
greffon: graft, scion; graft, piece of grafted tissue; plug-in
greffé: grafted
grelin: warp, hawser (cable)
grelot: jingle bell, cascabel
greloter: alternative spelling of grelotter
grelottant: shivering, trembling
grelotter: to shiver, tremble
greluche: bimbo (woman)
grenache: grenache
grenadage: grenading (attack with grenades)
grenade: pomegranate; grenade; insignia, badge; pomegranate (Grenade de guerre is used in French to describe a grenade in English heraldry)
grenade à fragmentation: fragmentation grenade
grenader: to grenade (attack with grenades)
grenadien: Grenadian (of, from or relating to Grenada)
grenadier: pomegranate tree; grenadier
grenadin: Granadan (of, from or relating to the city of Granada, the capital of the province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain); Granadan (of, from or relating to the province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain)
grenadine: grenadine
grenage: grainage
grenaille: granule; shot
grenat: garnet
grenat: garnet-coloured, dark-red
grener: to grain
grenier: granary; attic, garret (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof)
grenier d'abondance: public granary
grenier à blé: wheat granary (storage facility for wheat); breadbasket, food bowl, granary (region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products)
grenoblois: of, from or relating to the city of Grenoble, the prefecture of the Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
grenouillage: frogging
grenouille: frog; any small, green frog (e.g., leopard frog, tree frog, etc.); female genitals
grenouille de bénitier: a Holy Mary, a zealot, a God botherer, a Jesus freak, a Bible thumper (an excessively pious woman, a woman who spends a lot of a time at church)
grenouille-taureau: bullfrog
grenouillère: marsh or similar, having many frogs; sleepsuit (for a baby)
grenu: granular
gressin: breadstick
grever: to burden; put a burden on; to put a weight on (someone's shoulders); to hang over; weigh heavy over
gri-gri: alternative spelling of grigri
gribiche: gribiche
gribouillage: scribble; scrawl; doodle
gribouiller: to scribble (write something scruffily); to doodle (to draw or scribble aimlessly); to scribble on (cover with messy writing)