gres-gris

1. 1.

   an African amulet

   Synonymsgrigrigreegree

   Broaderamulet

Questions about gres-gris

What does gres-gris mean?

gres-gris means "an African amulet".

How many syllables are in gres-gris?

gres-gris has 2 syllables and divides as gres--gris under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for gres-gris?

Close synonyms include grigri, greegree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.