Phrase guide

grizzly bear

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large North American subspecies, Ursus arctos horribilis, of the brown bear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ephraim

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A dance of the early twentieth century in which dancers mimicked the movements of grizzly bears.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grizzly, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: brown bear, bruin, Ursus arctos

History

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: tsaani — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Amharic: እንገምታለን ድብ (ʾəngämtalän dəb) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Arabic: دُبّ أَشْهَب (dubb ʔašhab) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Arabic: دُبَّة شَهْبَاء — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Belarusian: гры́злі (hrýzli) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Bulgarian: гри́зли (grízli) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Cheyenne: vóhpâhtse-náhkohe — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 灰熊 (huīxióng) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Cree: ᐅᑭᐢᑕᑐᐋᐧᐣ (okistatoaayn) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Cree: ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐊᔭ (mistahaya) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Czech: medvěd grizzly — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Czech: grizzly — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Dutch: grizzlybeer — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Esperanto: griza urso — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Finnish: harmaakarhu — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • French: grizzli — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Georgian: გრიზლი (grizli) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Georgian: დათვი გრიზლი (datvi grizli) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • German: Grizzlybär — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Greek: αρκούδα γκρίζλι (arkoúda gkrízli) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Hindi: भूरा भालू (bhūrā bhālū) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Hungarian: grizzly — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Hungarian: grizzlymedve — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Irish: ollbhéar Meiriceánach — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Irish: béar liath — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Italian: orso grizzly — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Italian: grizzly — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Italian: orso grigio — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Japanese: ハイイログマ (haiiroguma) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Japanese: 灰色熊 (haiiroguma) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Japanese: グリズリー (gurizurī) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Kalapuya: šayum — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Korean: 그리즐리곰 (geurijeulligom) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Lakota: matȟóȟota — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Lushootseed: stəbtabəl' — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Macedonian: гри́зли (grízli) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Navajo: shash bighą́ąʼgi hadzíbáhí — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Nootka: naana — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Omaha-Ponca: monchhú — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґризли (grizli) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Polish: grizli — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Polish: grizzly — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Polish: niedźwiedź grizli — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Polish: niedźwiedź szary — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Portuguese: urso-cinzento — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Portuguese: urso-pardo — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Romanian: grizzly — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Romanian: urs grizzly — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Russian: гри́зли (grízli) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Saanich: QÍYEĆEN — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Northern Sami: grizzlyguovža — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Spanish: oso pardo — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Spanish: oso gris — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Swedish: grizzlybjörn — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Swedish: grisslybjörn — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Lower Tanana: tsoni — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Thai: หมีกริซลีย์ (mĕe grìsálee) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Tlingit: xóots — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Ukrainian: грі́злі (hrízli) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Urdu: بھُورا بھالُو (bhūrā bhālū) — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Volapük: gedaber — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Welsh: arth fraith — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Welsh: arth lwyd — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Yup'ik: kaggelvalek — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Yup'ik: kavingali — Ursus arctos horribilis
  • Zazaki: hesaboz — Ursus arctos horribilis