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Meaning of pelēcīgs | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. with a tone of gray, grayish
  2. gray, grayish (with dim, grayish light, as when the sky is overcast)
  3. gray, grayish, dull (without bright colors)
  4. gray, boring, uninteresting (monotonous, colorless, mundane, uninteresting, uneventful)
    figuratively
  5. unremarkable, dull

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca bozumtul
Català grisenc grisós
Cymraeg llwydaidd
Dansk grålig
Deutsch gräulich
English Grayish
Suomi harmahtava
Français grisâtre
Gaeilge scothliath
Magyar szürkés
Հայերեն գորշավուն
Italiano grigiastro
ქართული მონაცრისფრო
Nederlands grijsachtig
Polski szarawy
Português cinzento
Русский сероватый
Svenska gråaktig
Türkçe grimsi grimtırak
Українська сіруватий

Examples

“pelecīga krasa”

grayish color

“pelecīgi mati”

grayish hair

“pelecīga smilts”

grayish sand

“pelecīga mākoņi”

grayish clouds

“pelēcīgā diena nāca pret vakaru”

a grayish day came after/replacing the evening

“pelēcīga un vāja rīta gaisma”

grayish, weak morning light

“pelēcīgs pavasaris”

grayish spring (time)

“pelēcīga ainava”

gray, dull landscape

“pelēcīgs romāns, stils”

gray (= dull) romance, style

“pelēcīga sadzīve”

gray (= dull) social life

“pelēcīga ikdiena”

gray (= dull) everyday (life)

“viņš iesāka stāstīt sparīgāk nekā iepriekš, taču balstiņa bija tikpat pelēcīga un sīka kā tās īpašnieks”

he began (telling) the story

“Marija bija pelēcīga un klusa šai vakarā”

Marija was dull and quiet this evening

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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