Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grau

/ɡɹˈaʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: grau
IPA: /ɡɹˈaʊ/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Grau, a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard. * As a Catalan and southern French surname, from Occitan and Catalan Grau, a topographic surname from grau (“degree, level”). * Also as a Catalan surname, reduced from the personal name Guerau; see Gerald. * As a French surname, from Old French grau (“kind of fork”), from Frankish/Germanic, probably related to Old Norse grein (“fork, branch”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Grau, -

Inflected Forms

Graus (plural)

Homonyms

graue

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce grau?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹˈaʊ/.
What does grau mean?: A surname.
Where does grau come from?: It is traced to German.

How to pronounce grau

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