Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 Güte, Wohlwollen
, 🇪🇸 benevolencia, favor
, 🇮🇹 buona volontà, favore
, 🇵🇹 boa vontade, favor
, 🇨🇳 善意,恩惠
, 🇯🇵 好意、ご利益
, 🇰🇷 선의, 호의
, 🇸🇦 خير نية, معروف
, 🇮🇳 सद्भावना, अनुग्रह
Usage Examples
- Il accepte de partir au gré de ses envies.
- Les feuilles tombent au gré du vent.
- Le voyage a été décidé au gré des circonstances.
Etymology
**Etymology of “gré” (noun)**
The noun *gré* comes from Old French *gre* (modern *grès*), meaning “good, favourable, merit.” It is derived from Latin *gratus* “pleasing, grateful,” through the Proto‑Romance *gratus* with the same sense. The word survived into Middle French in idioms such as *au gré de* (“according to one’s will”), but its everyday use faded, leaving it today largely archaic or confined to set phrases.
Synonyms
peine
chagrin
souffrance
désolation
tristesse
volonté
désir
Antonyms
mesure
en vrac
grosse portion
volume
taille