No. 4,394 in French
grise
Gray (feminine).
In a sentence
La voiture est grise.
The car is gray.
Here, 'grise' is used as an adjective to describe the color of the car (feminine singular), agreeing with 'voiture', which is feminine.
Elle a une humeur grise aujourd'hui.
She is in a gloomy mood today.
In this case, 'grise' is figuratively used as an adjective describing a mood, imbuing it with a sense of dullness or melancholy.
Du papier grisé est utilisé pour l'effet.
Grayish paper is used for the effect.
'grisé' is applied here as part of the adjectival form to describe the paper, slightly modified to express a grayish quality.
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