Grizzly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -Coleridge

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡɹˈɪzli/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈɪzli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈɪzli/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡɹˈɪzli/.

Examples

whose beard with age is hoar
nodded his hoary head

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gray silvertip Ursus arctos horribilis gray-headed silver-tip hoary grey-headed hoar Ursus horribilis white-haired grizzly bear gray-haired grey grey-haired

Parts of Speech

noun	powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
adjective	showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -Coleridge “whose beard with age is hoar”

Word Forms

grizzle	noun	a grey wig
hoariness	noun	a silvery-white color

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

grizzli

puissant ours jaune brunâtre des hautes terres de l'ouest de l'Amérique du Nord

🇪🇸Spanish

oso pardo

poderoso oso de color amarillo parduzco de las tierras altas del oeste de América del Norte

🇵🇹Portuguese

pardo

poderoso urso amarelo-acastanhado das terras altas do oeste da América do Norte

🇷🇺Russian

гризли

мощный буровато-желтый медведь нагорий западной части Северной Америки

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ख़ाकी

पश्चिमी उत्तरी अमेरिका के ऊपरी इलाकों का शक्तिशाली भूरा-पीला भालू

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্রিজলি

পশ্চিম উত্তর আমেরিকার উচ্চভূমির শক্তিশালী বাদামী-হলুদ ভালুক

🇮🇳Tamil

கிரிஸ்லி

மேற்கு வட அமெரிக்காவின் மலைப்பகுதிகளின் சக்திவாய்ந்த பழுப்பு-மஞ்சள் கரடி

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్రిజ్లీ

పశ్చిమ ఉత్తర అమెరికా యొక్క ఎత్తైన ప్రాంతాల యొక్క శక్తివంతమైన గోధుమ-పసుపు ఎలుగుబంటి

🇮🇳Marathi

धूसर

पश्चिम उत्तर अमेरिकेच्या उंच प्रदेशातील शक्तिशाली तपकिरी-पिवळे अस्वल

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગ્રીઝલી

પશ્ચિમ ઉત્તર અમેરિકાના ઉચ્ચ પ્રદેશોનું શક્તિશાળી ભૂરા-પીળા રીંછ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗ್ರಿಜ್ಲಿ

ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಉತ್ತರ ಅಮೆರಿಕಾದ ಎತ್ತರದ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳ ಪ್ರಬಲ ಕಂದು-ಹಳದಿ ಕರಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗ്രിസ്ലി

പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ വടക്കേ അമേരിക്കയിലെ ഉയർന്ന പ്രദേശങ്ങളിലെ ശക്തമായ തവിട്ട്-മഞ്ഞ കരടി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗ੍ਰੀਜ਼ਲੀ

ਪੱਛਮੀ ਉੱਤਰੀ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੇ ਉੱਪਰਲੇ ਇਲਾਕਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਸ਼ਾਲੀ ਭੂਰਾ-ਪੀਲਾ ਰਿੱਛ

🇵🇰Urdu

گرزلی

مغربی شمالی امریکہ کے اوپری علاقوں کا طاقتور بھورا پیلا ریچھ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

灰熊

北美洲西部高地的一种强大的棕黄色熊

🇯🇵Japanese

ハイイログマ

北アメリカ西部の高地に生息する力強い茶色がかった黄色のクマ

🇰🇷Korean

그리즐리

북아메리카 서부 고지대에 서식하는 강력한 황갈색 곰

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hoa râm

con gấu màu nâu vàng mạnh mẽ của vùng cao phía tây Bắc Mỹ

🇹🇭Thai

หมีกริซลี่

หมีสีน้ำตาลเหลืองที่ทรงพลังบนที่ราบสูงทางตะวันตกของทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ

🇵🇭Filipino

kulay-abo

malakas na brownish-yellow bear ng kabundukan ng kanlurang North America

🇲🇾Malay

kelabu

beruang kuning coklat yang kuat di dataran tinggi barat Amerika Utara

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أشيب

دب أصفر بني قوي يعيش في مرتفعات غرب أمريكا الشمالية

🇮🇷Persian

گریزلی

خرس قدرتمند قهوه ای مایل به زرد از ارتفاعات غرب آمریکای شمالی

🇹🇷Turkish

boz

Batı Kuzey Amerika'nın dağlık bölgelerinde yaşayan güçlü kahverengimsi sarı ayı

🇮🇱Hebrew

גריזלי

דוב חום-צהוב רב עוצמה של הרמות הגבוהות של מערב צפון אמריקה

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