grey area in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for grey area in the English»Italian Dictionary

grey area [Brit, Am ɡreɪ ˈɛriə] N

grey area

zona f grigia

grey area

zona f oscura

grey area

situazione f poco chiara

Translations for grey area in the Italian»English Dictionary

zona d'ombra fig

grey area

Translations for grey area in the English»Italian Dictionary

area [Brit ˈɛːrɪə, Am ˈɛriə] N

1. area (region):

area (of land)

area f

area (of land)

regione f

area (of land)

zona f

area (of sky, city)

zona f

area (district)

quartiere m

in the London, Rome area

nella zona di Londra, Roma

residential, rural, slum area

zona residenziale, rurale, di slum

2. area before n (regional):

area board, headquarters, office

di zona

3. area (part of building):

no-smoking, smoking area

zona non fumatori, fumatori

reception area

reception

4. area:

area (sphere of knowledge)

campo m

area (part of activity, business, economy)

ambito m

that's not my area

questo non è il mio campo

area of interest, of expertise, of responsibility

ambito di interesse, di competenza, di responsabilità

area of doubt, of disagreement

punti di disaccordo

5. area ANAT:

area

zona f

6. area MATH:

area (in geometry)

area f

area (of land)

area f

area (of land)

superficie f

the farm was 50 km² in area

la fattoria aveva una superficie di 50 km²

7. area Brit (access to basement):

area

= ingresso a un seminterrato

I.grey, gray [Brit ɡreɪ, Am ɡreɪ] ADJ

1. grey (colour):

grey

grigio

light, dark grey

grigio chiaro, scuro

to go or turn grey

diventare or farsi grigio

2. grey (with grey hair):

grey person

grigio, dai capelli grigi, brizzolato

he has gone or turned grey

i suoi capelli sono diventati grigi or è ingrigito

3. grey existence, life, day:

grey

grigio, monotono

4. grey pej character, town:

grey

spento, incolore

II.grey, gray [Brit ɡreɪ, Am ɡreɪ] N

1. grey (colour):

grey

grigio m

a shade of grey

una sfumatura di grigio

2. grey (horse):

grey

cavallo m grigio, bigio

III.grey, gray [Brit ɡreɪ, Am ɡreɪ] VB trans

grey age, worry hair, person:

grey

rendere grigio

IV.grey, gray [Brit ɡreɪ, Am ɡreɪ] VB intr

grey

diventare grigio

to be greying at the temples

avere i capelli che diventano grigi sulle tempie

the population is greying

la popolazione invecchia

V.grey, gray [Brit ɡreɪ, Am ɡreɪ]

all cats are grey in the dark

al buio tutti i gatti sono bigi

grey area in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for grey area in the English»Italian Dictionary

area [ˈe·ri·ə] N

1. area a. MATH, SPORTS:

area

area f

in the area of

intorno a

2. area (field):

area

campo m

area of competence/knowledge

ambito m di competenza/conoscenza

grey [greɪ] ADJ N VB

grey → gray

See also gray

I.gray [greɪ] ADJ

1. gray a. fig:

gray

grigio

dressed in gray

vestito di grigio

to go gray

ingrigire

he has started to go gray

ha incominciato a ingrigire

2. gray (pale):

gray

smorto, -a

II.gray [greɪ] N

gray

grigio m

III.gray [greɪ] VB intr

gray

invecchiare

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The push underscores the grey area occupied by the checkoff programs, which have operated with little oversight.

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A grey area exists when the edit is trivial (such as a typographic error).

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The ground colour of the forewings is lettuce green with a dark-grey area medially.

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This grey area of music history is more engaging because the traditional forms and pitch structures have taken a side road, a road that did not ultimately lead to serialism.

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For years, naturopaths and homeopaths practised in a grey area.

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