Hello! Our new word of the day is "grís", which means the color "gray", or the gray skin of a Siberian squirrel.

As a color, the word is an adjective, and as a squirrel's gray skin, the word is a noun. "Grís" is spelled g – r – i – s. The accent is on the 'i', and the word sounds like 'grease'.

"Grís" is of French origin and means the same in that language. The word is often misused in the phrase "gris gris" or "grigri" which means an African amulet used to ward off evil or bad 'juju'. Gris gris is also French, of West African origin; akin to Balanta, the Niger-Congo language of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.

So, to recap, the word for today was "grís", which means the color "gray", or the gray skin of a Siberian squirrel.

Well, tune in tomorrow when our new Spanish word of the day will be "verde".