gros

• gras

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

gros n

1. (Carcoforo) grass

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

• grosu, gãros

From Latin grossus. Compare Romanian gros.

gros m (feminine groasã, masculine plural grosh, feminine plural groasi)

1. thick

gros ?

1. (Sauris) grass

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

Inherited from Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡɾɔs]

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

1. big, large

gros m (plural grossos)

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

• “gros” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gros”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “gros” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gros” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɔs/

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• Hyphenation: gros
• Rhymes: -ɔs

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

gros n (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)

1. (countable) a gross; a dozen dozens, 144
2. (uncountable) the bulk, largest part, largest proportion, majority

• (largest part): merendeel
• (majority): meerderheid

• grossier

• → Papiamentu: gròs

• dozijn
• groothonderd
• grootduizend

Cf. German Groschen and Latin grossus.

gros m (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)

1. groschen, a former German coin.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁo/

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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

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.

• → Catalan: gro
• → English: gross
• → Spanish: gro

• grosseur
• grossier
• grossir

• “gros”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Portuguese grosso. Cognate with Kabuverdianu grós.

gros

1. thick

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

• IPA^(key): /kroːs/

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.

• kleen

• Groseltre
• Grosfatter
• Grosgewachsner
• Grosmutter
• Grosonkel
• Grosstatt
• Grostante
• groswachse

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Latin grossus.

gros

1. thick

From Latin grossus.

gros m (feminine groasă)

1. thick

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.

gros n

1. grass

• “gros” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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

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gros m

1. large

• gros deigt (“thumb”)
• grôssement

From Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.

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

1. big; large

• French: gros
• Norman: gros

Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: gros

gros m inan

1. (archaic) gross (group of 144 items; a dozen dozen or a square dozen)

   Synonym: wielki tuzin

Unadapted borrowing from French gros, from Latin grossus.

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

gros n (indeclinable)

1. (literary) bulk, the major part

   Hypernym: większość

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

Inherited from Latin grossus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡros/

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

1. thick

   Antonym: subțire

• grosime

• grosolan
• groștei
• îngroșa

• gras

Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).

• IPA^(key): /ɡróː/

grọ̑s m inan

1. A gross, 144.

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

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grōs n

1. grass