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Grace
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grace GRACE Graces grâce Grâce
English
Etymology
From the noun en grace, first used by Puritans in the 16th century. In Roman Catholic use it may refer to Our Lady of Graces, cognate with Italian Grazia.
Pronunciation
en /ɡɹeɪs/
en En-uk-grace.oga UK
en eɪs 1
en grace
Proper noun
~
en countable en female English.
To The Handsome Mistress Grace Potter: As is your name, so is your comely face / Touch'd everywhere with such a diffused grace /
en 1839 George William MacArthur Reynolds Grace Darling, or the Heroine of the Fern Islands 24 Grace does not belie her name; for she is indeed a sweet girl, modest and unassuming, and appearing to be unconscious of having done anything great or noble. - OBSERVER, Dec.16, 1838.
1965 Naomi Long Madgett: Her Story, Star By Star, Harlo Press :
They named me Grace and waited for a light and agile dancer. / But some trick of genes mixed me up / And instead I turned out big and black and burly.
en 2002 Deborah Paul Amazing Grace w:Indianapolis Monthly June 249 Had I given birth to a daughter of my own, I'd like to have called her Grace, a classic and poetic name, one that illuminates a person of dignity and poise.
en Jeannette Catsoulis ‘Resurrection’ Review: Mother of Fears w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/movies/resurrection-review.html 2022-07-28 Whether at work or as the protective single mother to her teenage daughter, Abbie (Grace Kaufman), Margaret is a model of calculated control. https://web.archive.org/web/20220930015628/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/28/movies/resurrection-review.html
en countable en.
en placename c/USA:
en minor city co/Caribou County s/Idaho.
en ucomm s/Kentucky.
en CDP/and/ucomm co/Issaquena County s/Mississippi.
en ucomm co/Carroll County s/Missouri.
en ucomm co/Laclede County s/Missouri.
en ucomm co/Silver Bow County s/Montana.
en ucomm co/Hampshire County s/West Virginia.
en ucomm co/Roane County s/West Virginia.
Derived terms
en Grace Estate Gracelynn Gracie
Translations
female given name
Arabic: ar غريس Ghrays
Bengali: bn গ্রেস
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 格雷絲 Géléisī
French: fr Grace f
Galician: gl Gracia
Greek: el Αγλαΐα f, el Γκρέις transliteration from English
Hebrew: he חנה f Chana
Italian: it Grazia f
Japanese: ja グレース Gurēsu
Korean: ko ^그레이스
Ladino: lad Graçia f, lad Grazia f, lad Gracia
Marathi: mr ग्रेस f
Polish: pl Gracja
Portuguese: pt Graça f, pt Greice f
Russian: ru Грейс f Grɛjs, ru Агла́я f cognate, dated
Scottish Gaelic: gd Giorsal f
Spanish: es Gracia f
Yiddish: yi חנה f Khana
Anagrams
en acegr garce cager
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :bor en:Grace + 1
Proper noun
ceb female English
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Grace + 1
Pronunciation
greys #
Proper noun
greys
tl female English