grei
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɾej/
grei is spelled G-R-E-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grei is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “small flock of livestock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “clã, nação, povo”.
What does grei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall flock of livestock
- 2
feminineassociation; society (group of people)
- 3
feminineparish (members of a church's congregation)
- 4
femininegroup of vassals or subjects
- 5
feminineobsoletea people
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. clã, nação, povo 2. descendência 3. conjunto de diocesanos ou de paroquianos 4. congregação, igreja
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of grei
- greis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grei?
- Brazil /ˈɡɾej/
- Brazil [ˈɡɾeɪ̯]
- Portugal /ˈɡɾɐj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is grei in Portuguese?
grei appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).