What does grise in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word grise in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use grise in French.

The word grise in French means fine dot leader, greyed out, grey, grey, grey, tipsy, go to 's head, vin gris, intoxicate, intoxicate, darken, grey out, get drunk, grey whale, car registration document, prawn, black seabream, king eider, éminence grise, have a long face, grey matter, grey area, grey area, grey area. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word grise

fine dot leader

nom féminin (Imprimerie : ligne de composition)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Certains points manquent sur cette grise.
Some dots are missing in this fine dot leader.

greyed out

adjectif (Informatique : inactif) (UK: computing)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Tu vois bien que tu ne peux pas choisir cette option puisqu'elle est grisée.

grey

nom masculin (couleur) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Voyons voir s'ils n'auraient pas le même manteau en gris.
Let's see if they have the same coat in grey.

grey

adjectif (couleur) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette petite souris est grise. Pour changer, je me suis acheté un pantalon gris.
For a change, I bought some gray pants.

grey

adjectif (fade) (figurative, UK)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Sa vie me semblait bien grise.
Her life seemed very dull to me.

tipsy

adjectif (saoul) (informal)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Julie était un peu grise hier soir.
Julie was a bit tipsy last night.

go to 's head

adjectif (vieilli (enivré, excité) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Elle était toute grise de ses propos.
His words went to her head.

vin gris

nom masculin (vin rosé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le gris de Toul est fameux !
Toul's vin gris is excellent!

intoxicate

verbe transitif (exciter, étourdir)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Sa soudaine célébrité a fini par la griser.
Her sudden fame ended up intoxicating her.

intoxicate

verbe transitif (littéraire (saouler)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Toute cette boisson le grisa.
All that drink intoxicated him.

darken

verbe transitif (foncer, colorer en gris)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Son dessin était trop clair, il le grisa.
His drawing was too light, so he darkened it.

grey out

verbe transitif (masquer, flouter) (UK)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Les journalistes grisent les photos des enfants.
Journalists blur out photos of children.

get drunk

verbe pronominal (devenir ivre)

Alain se grise trop souvent au cognac.
Alan gets drunk on brandy too often.

grey whale

nom féminin (race de baleine) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

car registration document

nom féminin (France, familier (certificat d'immatriculation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Suite à mon déménagement, je dois changer l'adresse de ma carte grise.
Following moving house, I now need to change the address on my car registration document.

prawn

nom féminin (petit crustacé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Au bord de la mer, nous ramassons des crevettes grises que nous mangerons après cuisson.

black seabream

nom féminin (poisson)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La dorade grise est un poisson que l'on trouve sur les côtes françaises.

king eider

nom masculin (canard marin arctique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'eider est un canard sauvage.

éminence grise

nom féminin (conseiller secret) (Gallicism)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les éminences grises ont une énorme influence sur les prises de décision.

have a long face

locution verbale (montrer des contrariétés)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Stéphanie faisait grise mine à la réunion.

grey matter

nom féminin (cerveau, réflexion) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

grey area

nom féminin (zone de couverture téléphonique) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans cette zone grise il y a un seul opérateur téléohonique.

grey area

nom féminin (droit (vide juridique) (UK, figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce cas n'est pas précisé par la loi, il y a là une zone grise.

grey area

nom féminin (zone intermédiaire entre 2 extrêmes) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Rien n'est jamais "tout blanc ou tout noir" il y a souvent une zone grise.

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