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grison

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gri-son
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small, carnivorous South American mammal, of the genus Galictis, somewhat resembling a weasel.

noun

A kind of French red wine grape.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A wine made with these grapes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old French gris (“gray”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Doublet of Grisons.

Usage

Inflected Forms

grisons (plural)

Synonyms

grison vittatus galictis vittatus

Questions

What does grison mean?
A small, carnivorous South American mammal, of the genus Galictis, somewhat resembling a weasel.
Where does grison come from?
From Old French gris (“gray”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Doublet of Grisons.

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