grat

See also: Grat, GRAT, grät, and gråt

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹæt/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

grat (plural grats)

1. (slang) A gratuity or tip.

Related terms

• autograt

Anagrams

• Targ, gart

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin grātus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

grat (feminine grata, masculine plural grats, feminine plural grates)

1. (of a sensation) nice, pleasant

Derived terms

• gratament
• malgrat

Noun

grat m (plural grats)

1. taste, preference

   Synonym: gust

   no és del meu grat ― it's not to my taste

Further reading

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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrat/

Verb

grat

1. supine of graś

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grāt, which derives from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Cognates include West Frisian grut.

Adjective

grat (comparative grater, superlative gratst)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) big, great, large.
2. (Föhr-Amrum) tall

   Hü grat beest?

   How tall are you?

Usage notes

After an indefinite article preceding a masculine noun grat changes to graten.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German geræte (“equipment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrat/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: grat
• Homophones: grad, Grad

Noun

grat m animal

1. (informal, derogatory) piece of junk; useless or broken item

   Synonyms: rupieć, złom

2. (informal, derogatory) clunker, decrepit car

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gruchot

3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) gear, equipment

   Synonyms: sprzęt, manele

Declension

Declension of grat

	singular	plural
nominative	grat	graty
genitive	grata	gratów
dative	gratowi	gratom
accusative	grata	graty
instrumental	gratem	gratami
locative	gracie	gratach
vocative	gracie	graty

Further reading

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

Scots

Verb

grat

1. simple past tense of greet