Grasse

See also: grasse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Grasse.

Proper noun

Grasse (countable and uncountable, plural Grasses)

1. (uncountabel) A placename:
   1. A commune and town in the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
   2. Ellipsis of Pays de Grasse..
2. (countable) A habitational surname from French.

Translations

town

• French: Grasse (fr)
• Italian: Grassa
• Occitan: Grasso
• Russian: Грас (ru) m (Gras)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Grasse is the 40016^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Grasse is most common among White (96.9%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grasse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 77.

Anagrams

• agress, Gasser, segars, SEGRAs, Sagers, Grases, gasser, sarges, gasers, garses

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁas/

Proper noun

Grasse ?

1. a surname, Grasse
2. Grasse; A placename
   1. A commune and town in the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
   2. Ellipsis of Pays de Grasse.

Derived terms

• de Grasse
• de la Grasse
• la Grasse
• le Grasse

Descendants

• English: Grasse

Further reading

• Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr