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See also: grátis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

  1. Free: without charge.
    Synonyms: costless, feeless, free of charge; free as in beer
    Antonym: see at nonfree
    Coordinate terms: libre, free as in speech
    • 2010 September 27, Ann Charters, Samuel Charters, quoting John Clellon Holmes, Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation, →ISBN, page 162:
      Really syncophant stuff, but it may help. It's gratis in any case.

Translations

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

  1. In a free way: without charge.
    Synonyms: costlessly, free of charge

Translations

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Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gratis, from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gratis

  1. free, without charge

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin grātīs.

Adverb

gratis

  1. free, for free
    Synonyms: de franc, gratuïtament

Etymology 2

Verb

gratis

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of gratar

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

From Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gratis

  1. free, without charge
    Synonyms: zdarma, zadarmo, zadarmiko, zadara

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraːtis/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gra‧tis

Adjective

gratis (neuter gratis, plural and definite singular attributive gratis)

  1. gratis, free (obtainable without payment)

Adverb

gratis

  1. gratis, free (without needing to pay)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣraːtɪs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gra‧tis

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

  1. free, without charge
    Synonyms: kosteloos, koefnoen

Declension

Declension of gratis
uninflected gratis
inflected gratis
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial gratis
indefinite m./f. sing. gratis
n. sing. gratis
plural gratis
definite gratis
partitive gratis

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: gratis
  • Caribbean Javanese: gratis
  • Indonesian: gratis
  • Javanese: ꦒꦿꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (gratis)

Esperanto

Verb

gratis

  1. past of grati

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gratis

  1. free, without charge, gratis
    Synonym: gratuitement

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

  1. free; for free, without charge
    Synonym: gratuit

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈɡɾatis/
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈħɾatis/

  • Rhymes: -atis
  • Hyphenation: gra‧tis

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

  1. free, without charge
    Synonym: gratuíto

Adverb

gratis

  1. free, without charge
    Synonym: gratuitamente

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gratis

  1. free, without charge
    Synonyms: umsonst, kostenlos, kostenfrei

Further reading

  • gratis” in Duden online
  • gratis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gratis, from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gratis

  1. free, without charge
    Synonyms: cuma-cuma, percuma
    Kopi ini aku dapat dengan gratis.I got this coffee for free.

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡra.tis/
  • Rhymes: -atis
  • Hyphenation: grà‧tis

Adverb

gratis

  1. for free, gratis
    Synonym: gratuitamente

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

  1. free
    Synonym: gratuito

Further reading

  • gratis in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Contracted from grātiīs.

Pronunciation

Adverb

grātīs (not comparable)

  1. out of favor or kindness, without recompense or compensation, gratuitously, freely

Synonyms

Descendants


References

  • gratis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gratis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch gratis, from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.

Adjective

gratis (Jawi spelling ݢراتيس)

  1. (Indonesia) free, without charge

Synonyms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

  1. free (obtainable without payment)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

  1. free (obtainable without payment)

Derived terms

References

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡra.tis/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atis
  • Syllabification: gra‧tis

Noun

gratis m inan

  1. perquisite, free gift

Declension

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

  1. gratis, free of charge
    Synonyms: bezpłatnie, darmo, darmowo, nieodpłatnie, za darmo
    Antonyms: odpłatnie, płatnie

Derived terms

adjective
adverb

Further reading

  • gratis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gratis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of grátis.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gratis

  1. free of charge, for free

Adjective

gratis m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. free of charge, for free

Declension

invariable singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite gratis gratis gratis gratis
definite
genitive-
dative
indefinite gratis gratis gratis gratis
definite

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

  1. free, without charge
    Synonym: gratuito

Derived terms

Adverb

gratis

  1. free, without charge
    Synonym: gratuitamente

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

  1. free, without charge

Adjective

gratis (not inflected, not comparable)

  1. free, without charge

Further reading

Anagrams