Gross
English edit
Etymology edit
- As a Jewish and German surname, from groß (“great, large”). The Jewish surname was influenced by Hebrew גדול (“big, large”), hence the Hebraicization Gadol.
- As an English surname, from the noun and adjective gross, a doublet of above.
The village is named after Ben Gross, who kept a general store there.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹəʊs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹoʊs/
- (Philippine, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ɡɹɔs/
- (Scotland, dialectal) IPA(key): /ɡɹos/
- Homophone: gross
- Rhymes: -əʊs, (Philippines, Scotland) -ɒs
Proper noun edit
Gross
- A surname from Middle English, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).
- A village in Nebraska, having a population of two as of 2010.
See also edit
- Gross (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Gross n (strong, genitive Gross, plural Grosse)
- Alternative spelling of Gros
Declension edit
Declension of Gross [neuter, strong]
Proper noun edit
Gross m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gross' or (with an article) Gross, feminine genitive Gross, plural Gross or Grossens)
- a surname transferred from the nickname