grossier
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch grossier, from Middle French grossier.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grossier m (plural grossiers, diminutive grossiertje n)
- A wholesaler.
- Synonym: groothandelaar
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From gros (“big, coarse”) + -ier.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
grossier (feminine grossière, masculine plural grossiers, feminine plural grossières)
- coarse (physically, not fine)
- Antonym: fin
- shoddy (not well-made)
- (of a person's character) coarse
- rude, uncouth
- 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
- Ma sœur nous a salués, comblée Ça va les amoureux ? et les autres ont applaudi. J’ai trouvé ce comportement grossier.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (of an error) gross
- grossière erreur d’arbitrage ― gross refereeing error
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “grossier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.