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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch gras .
Pronunciation
Noun
gras (plural grasse )
grass
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German gras , from Old High German gras , from Proto-West Germanic *gras , Proto-Germanic *grasą .
Cognate with German Gras , Dutch gras , English grass , Icelandic gras .
Noun
gras n
( Gressoney , Formazza ) grass
References
Aromanian
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin grassus . Compare Romanian gras .
Adjective
gras (feminine grasã , masculine plural grash , feminine plural grasi or grase )
fat
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin grassus .
Pronunciation
Adjective
gras (feminine grassa , masculine plural grassos , feminine plural grasses )
fat
fatty
Derived terms
Further reading
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German gras , from Old High German gras , from Proto-West Germanic *gras , from Proto-Germanic *grasą . Cognate with German Gras , English grass .
Noun
gras m (plural gréezar )
( Sette Comuni ) grass
an hèttalle gras ― a blade of grass
References
“gras” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974 ) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini , 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gras , from Old Dutch *gras , from Proto-West Germanic *gras , from Proto-Germanic *grasą , from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ( “ to grow ” ) . Doublet of gors .
Pronunciation
Noun
gras n (plural grassen , diminutive grasje n )
grass
Het gras is groen na de regen. The grass is green after the rain.
Ik hou ervan om op het gras te liggen en naar de wolken te kijken. I love to lie on the grass and look at the clouds.
Ze speelden voetbal op het gras . They played soccer on the grass .
Derived terms
Descendants
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse gras , from Proto-Germanic *grasą , from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ( “ to grow ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gras n (genitive singular gras , plural grøs )
grass
Declension
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French gras , from Late Latin grassus . Doublet of crasse .
Pronunciation
Adjective
gras (feminine grasse , masculine plural gras , feminine plural grasses )
fat
( typography ) bold
Derived terms
Noun
gras m (plural gras )
fat ( animal tissue or substance resembling it )
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin grassus .
Adjective
gras
fat
German
Pronunciation
Verb
gras
singular imperative of grasen
( colloquial ) first-person singular present of grasen
Gothic
Romanization
gras
Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gras , from Proto-Germanic *grasą , from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ( “ to grow ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gras n (genitive singular grass , nominative plural grös )
grass
Isaiah 40 (Icelandic , English )
Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras . Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega." A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass , and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass . The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
( in the plural ) Icelandic moss
( slang ) grass , marijuana
Declension
Declension of gras (neuter )
Derived terms
Further reading
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *gras , from Proto-West Germanic *gras , from Proto-Germanic *grasą , from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ( “ to grow ” ) .
Noun
gras n
grass
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English græs , from Proto-West Germanic *gras , from Proto-Germanic *grasą .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɡras/ , /ɡraːs/ , /ɡrɛːs/ , /ɡrɛs/ , /ɡɛrs/
Noun
gras (plural grasses or gras )
A grass ( A plant in the family Poaceae or of similar appearance to those plants )
Any plant; especially a herbaceous one; a herb .
( medicine ) A plant or herb reputed to have medicinal or curative properties.
The lamina of a leaf or a leaf in general.
Ground planted with grass; grassy land; a pasture or meadow .
Fodder; grass used to feed animals (especially livestock).
grasse , gresse , gres , gers , grece , græs , grace , gars , grys , grisse , grese
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Noun
gras
Alternative form of grace
Norman
Etymology
From Old French gras , from Late Latin crassus .
Adjective
gras m
( Jersey ) fat
1903 , Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore , page 532 :Caud Mai, gras chimequière, fred Mai, granges pllaïnes. A warm May, a fat churchyard, a cold May, full granaries.
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gras ( “ grass, herbage; herb (with special powers) ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *grasą ( “ grass ” ) , from the root of *grōaną ( “ to green, grow ” ) and *grōniz ( “ green ” ) , from Pre-Germanic *groh₁-ni-s , from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- ( “ to grow (of plants) ” ) .
Noun
gras n (definite singular graset , indefinite plural gras , definite plural grasa or grasene )
alternative form of gress
Derived terms
References
“gras” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse gras . Akin to English grass .
Pronunciation
Noun
gras n (definite singular graset , indefinite plural gras , definite plural grasa )
grass
Derived terms
References
“gras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old English
Verb
grās
first / third-person singular preterite indicative of grīsan
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grasą , from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- ( “ to grow ” ) .
Pronunciation
( 12th century Icelandic ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɡrɑs/
Noun
gras n (genitive grass , plural grǫs )
grass , herbage
Vǫluspá , verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860 , T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte . Leipzig, page 1 :
gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.
gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.
( especially in the plural ) a herb , usually with special powers
Stjórn 51, in 1862 , C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab . Christiania, page 175 :
fann hann þau grös sem manndragore heita,
he found the herb that was called mandrake,
Declension
Declension of gras (strong a -stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Icelandic: gras
Faroese: gras
Norwegian:
Old Swedish: græs , gras ( hapax legomena )
Swedish: gräs (< *grasja- )
Danish: græs (< *grasja- )
Elfdalian: gras
Gutnish: gras
References
gras in An Icelandic-English Dictionary , R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive .
gras in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive .
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gras , from Proto-Germanic *grasą , from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ( “ to grow ” ) .
Noun
gras n
grass
Descendants
Middle Low German: gras
Dutch Low Saxon: gras
German Low German: Gras
Romagnol
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin crassus .
Pronunciation
Adjective
gras (feminine grasa , masculine plural grës , feminine plural grasi )
fat
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin grassus . Doublet of cras .
Pronunciation
Adjective
gras m or n (feminine singular grasă , masculine plural grași , feminine and neuter plural grase )
fat
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English grass .
Pronunciation
Noun
gras
grass ; vegetation
1989 , Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin , Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:11 :
Then God said "The land must give forth all kinds of trees and grass and foodstuffs."
fur , hair
Derived terms
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle English grace , from Old French grace , from Latin grātia .
Pronunciation
Noun
gras m or f (plural grasau or grasusau )
grace , favour
forgiveness , pardon
beauty , charm
( countable ) grace ( short prayer )
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gras ”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies