gros

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See also: Gros, gròs, grôs, grös, and groš

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą. Cognate with German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Icelandic gras.

Noun

gros n

  1. (Carcoforo) grass

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin grossus. Compare Romanian gros.

Adjective

gros

  1. thick

Bavarian

Noun

gros ?

  1. (Sauris) grass

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gros (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossos, feminine plural grosses)

  1. big, large

Derived terms

Noun

gros m (plural grossos)

  1. main part
  2. (numismatics) groschen (obsolete silver coin)

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gros, from Old French gros, from Latin grossus; gross sense probably directly from French.

Noun

gros n (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)

  1. (countable) a gross; a dozen dozens, 144
  2. (uncountable) the bulk, largest part, largest proportion, majority
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: gròs

See also

Etymology 2

Cf. German Groschen and Latin grossus.

Noun

gros m (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)

  1. groschen, a former German coin.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gros, from Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gros (feminine grosse, masculine plural gros, feminine plural grosses)

  1. big, thick, fat
    Synonym: épais
    Mon petit copain a des gros doigts.
    My boyfriend has fat fingers.
  2. coarse, rough
  3. (Louisiana) famous

Derived terms

Noun

gros m (plural gros)

  1. a person in overweight
  2. the bulk, the majority
    Le gros de la négociation c’est la baisse de prix d’achat du produit. ― The bulk of the negotiation is lowering the purchasing price of the product.

Descendants

Related terms

Further reading

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese grosso. Cognate with Kabuverdianu grós.

Adjective

gros

  1. thick

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German grōz, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gros (comparative greser, superlative grest)

  1. big, large
    en groses Haus
    a big house
  2. (of a person) tall
    Er is en groser Mann.
    He is a tall man.

Declension

Declension of gros (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative gros gros gros grose
accusative grose gros gros grose
dative grose grose grose grose
Strong inflection nominative groser grose groses grose
accusative grose grose groses grose
dative grosem groser grosem grose

Antonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”). Cognate with German Gras, English grass.

Noun

gros n

  1. grass

References

Norman

Etymology

From Old French gros, from Latin grossus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Pronunciation

  • (Jersey)
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Adjective

gros m

  1. large

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

From Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.

Adjective

gros m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grose or grosse)

  1. big; large

Descendants

Polish

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).

Pronunciation

Noun

gros m inan

  1. (archaic) gross (group of 144 items; a dozen dozen or a square dozen)
    Synonym: wielki tuzin
Declension
Declension of gros
singular plural
nominative gros grosy
genitive grosa grosów
dative grosowi grosom
accusative gros grosy
instrumental grosem grosami
locative grosie grosach
vocative grosie grosy

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French gros, from Latin grossus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Syllabification: gros

Noun

gros n (indeclinable)

  1. (literary) bulk, the major part
    Hypernym: większość
Related terms
adverb

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin grossus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gros m or n (feminine singular groasă, masculine plural groși, feminine and neuter plural groase)

  1. thick
    Antonym: subțire

Declension

Declension of gros
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite gros groasă groși groase
definite grosul groasa groșii groasele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite gros groase groși groase
definite grosului groasei groșilor groaselor

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).

Pronunciation

Noun

grọ̑s m inan

  1. A gross, 144.

Inflection

As the -s- is not pronounced, the stem really ends in a vowel, and is extended with -j- when endings are attached. In writing, the declension can be either soft (following the pronunciation) or hard (following the spelling).

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Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. grós
gen. sing. grósa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		grós grósa grósi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		grósa grósov grósov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		grósu grósoma grósom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		grós grósa gróse
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		grósu grósih grósih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		grósom grósoma grósi

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras.

Pronunciation

Noun

grōs n

  1. grass
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