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It was Irma Becot who spoke, Irma in a charming grey silk dress, covered with Chantilly lace.
C’était Irma Bécot, délicieusement vêtue d’une toilette de soie grise, recouverte de Chantilly.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Serge's fever returned, and he spent a day of suffering, with his eyes despairingly fixed upon the curtains through which the light now fell dim and ashy grey as in a cellar.
Serge, repris par la fièvre, passa une journée de souffrance, les yeux fixés désespérément sur les rideaux, d'où ne tombait qu'une lueur de cave, louche, d'un gris de cendre.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
On the left, the plain spreads out like an immense green carpet, dotted here and there with grey villages.
À gauche, la plaine s’élargit, immense tapis vert, piqué de loin en loin par les taches grises des villages.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
He seemed more animated now ; a yellow light had come into his grey eyes.
Il s'animait, une flamme jaune brûlait dans ses yeux gris.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
I broke one of the bootlaces and retied it in a clumsy knot, and loosed the other so that my thick grey socks bulged over the uppers.
Je cassai un de mes cordons de souliers et le rattachai par un nœud grossier, puis je desserrai l'autre, en sorte que mes épaisses chaussettes débordaient par-dessus les tiges.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Then, at last, she did go off, after passing her sleeve brushwise over the cloth of the high altar, which seemed to her grey with dust.
Enfin, elle s'en alla, après avoir essuyé de sa manche la nappe du maître-autel, qui lui parut grise de poussière.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Ever since grey dawn, in the lower of the two islands, just above where we are standing, there has been great clamour, and the sound of many workmen.
Dès l’aube, dans la plus basse des deux îles, juste au-dessus de l’endroit où nous campons, s’est élevée une puissante clameur, suivie du bruit d’une foule nombreuse au travail.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
All the tints had turned dirty grey in this cupboard, rotting with dust and damp.
Toutes les teintes avaient tourné au gris sale, dans cette armoire que la poussière et l'humidité pourrissaient.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
A man was now brought in whose trunk was so covered with eczema that when he took off his shirt a kind of grey flour fell from his skin.
On amena un homme dont un eczéma couvrait le torse entier ; et, quand il ôtait sa chemise, une farine grise tombait de sa peau.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The friction apparatus consists of a cast steel base plate (grey cast) on which is mounted the friction device itself consisting of a fixed porcelain peg and moveable porcelain plates.
L'appareillage pour l'essai par friction consiste en une plaque de base en fonte (fonte grise), sur laquelle est monté le dispositif de friction proprement dit comprenant un tourillon fixe en porcelaine et plusieurs plateaux de porcelaine mobiles.
It was a question of her wedding dress, a gown of light grey silk, the stylishness of which she considered very amusing.
Il s’agissait de sa robe de noce, une robe de petite soie grise dont elle plaisantait le grand luxe.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Christine that day wore a large cloak of grey material which enveloped her from head to foot.
Christine, ce jour-là, portait un large manteau de laine grise qui l’enveloppait tout entière.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
In fact, under the grey sky of that November morning, in the penetrating quiver of the wind, the low tombs, laden with garlands and crowns of beads, assumed soft tints of charming delicacy.
En effet, sous le ciel gris de cette matinée de novembre, dans le frisson pénétrant de la bise, les tombes basses, chargées de guirlandes et de couronnes de perles, prenaient des tons très fins, d’une délicatesse charmante.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
That grey one looking at us, for instance, used to hate a little doe, which I had to put somewhere else.
Ainsi, par exemple, ce gris qui nous regarde, détestait une petite femelle, que j'ai dû mettre à part.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
This indicator is violet in acid solution, grey in neutral solution and green in alkaline solution.
Cet indicateur est violet en solution acide, gris en solution neutre et vert en solution alcaline;

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Collocations

grey cast iron
fonte grise
grey market
marché gris
blue-grey
gris-bleu
grey levels
niveaux de gris
grey zone
zone grise
grey water
eau grise
grey economy
secteur informel
grey mullet
muge
grey reef shark
requin gris de récif

Word forms

grey

noun
SingularPlural
Common casegreygreys
Possessive casegrey'sgreys'

grey

adjective
Positive degreegrey
Comparative degreegreyer
Superlative degreegreyest

grey

verb
Basic forms
Pastgreyed
Imperativegrey
Present Participle (Participle I)greying
Past Participle (Participle II)greyed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I greywe grey
you greyyou grey
he/she/it greysthey grey
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am greyingwe are greying
you are greyingyou are greying
he/she/it is greyingthey are greying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have greyedwe have greyed
you have greyedyou have greyed
he/she/it has greyedthey have greyed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been greyingwe have been greying
you have been greyingyou have been greying
he/she/it has been greyingthey have been greying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I greyedwe greyed
you greyedyou greyed
he/she/it greyedthey greyed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was greyingwe were greying
you were greyingyou were greying
he/she/it was greyingthey were greying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had greyedwe had greyed
you had greyedyou had greyed
he/she/it had greyedthey had greyed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been greyingwe had been greying
you had been greyingyou had been greying
he/she/it had been greyingthey had been greying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will greywe shall/will grey
you will greyyou will grey
he/she/it will greythey will grey
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be greyingwe shall/will be greying
you will be greyingyou will be greying
he/she/it will be greyingthey will be greying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have greyedwe shall/will have greyed
you will have greyedyou will have greyed
he/she/it will have greyedthey will have greyed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been greyingwe shall/will have been greying
you will have been greyingyou will have been greying
he/she/it will have been greyingthey will have been greying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would greywe should/would grey
you would greyyou would grey
he/she/it would greythey would grey
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be greyingwe should/would be greying
you would be greyingyou would be greying
he/she/it would be greyingthey would be greying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have greyedwe should/would have greyed
you would have greyedyou would have greyed
he/she/it would have greyedthey would have greyed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been greyingwe should/would have been greying
you would have been greyingyou would have been greying
he/she/it would have been greyingthey would have been greying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am greyedwe are greyed
you are greyedyou are greyed
he/she/it is greyedthey are greyed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being greyedwe are being greyed
you are being greyedyou are being greyed
he/she/it is being greyedthey are being greyed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been greyedwe have been greyed
you have been greyedyou have been greyed
he/she/it has been greyedthey have been greyed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was greyedwe were greyed
you were greyedyou were greyed
he/she/it was greyedthey were greyed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being greyedwe were being greyed
you were being greyedyou were being greyed
he/she/it was being greyedthey were being greyed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been greyedwe had been greyed
you had been greyedyou had been greyed
he/she/it had been greyedthey had been greyed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be greyedwe shall/will be greyed
you will be greyedyou will be greyed
he/she/it will be greyedthey will be greyed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been greyedwe shall/will have been greyed
you will have been greyedyou will have been greyed
he/she/it will have been greyedthey will have been greyed