grâce

See also: grace, Grace, Grâce, and Graces

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French grace, from an early borrowing from Latin grātia,[1][2] from grātus (“as a favour”). The lengthening of the vowel, which is indicated with the circumflex, is irregular.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁas/, /ɡʁɑs/
Audio ("grâce à") (file)
Homophones: grasse, grasses
Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

grâce f (plural grâces)

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Etymology and history of “grâce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
“Notes on the Development of -kj-, -tj- in Spanish and Portuguese”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2012 February 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 February 2012

Anagrams

garce, gerça

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[1] Etymology and history of “grâce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

[2] “Notes on the Development of -kj-, -tj- in Spanish and Portuguese”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2012 February 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 February 2012