gras

See also: Gras, GRAS, graś, grás, grãs, and gräs

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AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch gras.

NounEdit

gras (plural grasse)

1. grass

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Alemannic GermanEdit

NounEdit

gras

1. (Gressoney, Formazza) grass

ReferencesEdit

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

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AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• grasu, greas, greasu

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin grassus, from Latin crassus. Compare Romanian gras.

AdjectiveEdit

gras (feminine grasã, masculine plural grash, feminine plural grasi/grase)

1. fat

Derived termsEdit

• grãsic
• grãsimi

Related termsEdit

• ngrash/ngrãshedz
• dizgrash/dizgrãshedz

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grassus, from Latin crassus.

AdjectiveEdit

gras (feminine grassa, masculine plural grassos, feminine plural grasses)

1. fat
2. fatty

Related termsEdit

• greix

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CimbrianEdit

NounEdit

gras m (plural [please provide])

1. (Sette Comuni) grass

ReferencesEdit

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

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch gras, from Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɑs/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɑs

NounEdit

gras n (plural grassen, diminutive grasje n)

1. grass

Derived termsEdit

• citroengras
• grasmaaier
• grasspriet

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FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛaːs/

NounEdit

gras n (genitive singular gras, plural grøs)

1. grass

DeclensionEdit

n12	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gras	grasið	grøs	grøsini
Accusative	gras	grasið	grøs	grøsini
Dative	grasi	grasinum	grøsum	grøsunum
Genitive	gras	grasins	grasa	grasanna

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French gras, from Vulgar Latin *grassus from Latin crassus; cf. also the Old French form cras. Doublet of crasse.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ/

• audio

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AdjectiveEdit

gras (feminine singular grasse, masculine plural gras, feminine plural grasses)

1. fat
2. (typography) bold

Derived termsEdit

• mardi gras

NounEdit

gras m (plural gras)

1. fat (animal tissue or substance resembling it)

Further readingEdit

• “gras” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

AnagramsEdit

• gars

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FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin grassus, from Latin crassus.

AdjectiveEdit

gras

1. fat

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GermanEdit

VerbEdit

gras

1. Imperative singular of grasen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of grasen.

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GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

gras

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃

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IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kraːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

NounEdit

gras n (genitive singular grass, nominative plural grös)

1. grass
   • Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)

     Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."

     A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

2. (in the plural) Icelandic moss
3. (slang) grass, marijuana

DeclensionEdit

declension of gras

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gras	grasið	grös	grösin
accusative	gras	grasið	grös	grösin
dative	grasi	grasinu	grösum	grösunum
genitive	grass	grassins	grasa	grasanna

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from gras

• bíta gras
• gervigras

• grasi vaxinn
• kenna margra grasa

• smjörgras
• á næstu grösum

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Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

NounEdit

gras n

1. grass

InflectionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative formsEdit

• gars
• gers

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: gras
• Limburgish: graas
• West Flemish: ges

Further readingEdit

• “gras”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “gras”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English græs, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Alternative formsEdit

• grasse, gresse, gres, gers, grece, græs, grace, gars, grys, grisse, grese

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡras/, /ɡraːs/, /ɡrɛːs/, /ɡrɛs/, /ɡɛrs/

NounEdit

gras (plural grasses or gras)

1. A grass (A plant in the family Poaceae or of similar appearance to those plants)
2. Any plant; especially a herbaceous one; a herb.
3. (medicine) A plant or herb reputed to have medicinal or curative properties.
4. The lamina of a leaf or a leaf in general.
5. Ground planted with grass; grassy land; a pasture or meadow.
6. Fodder; grass used to feed animals (especially livestock).

Related termsEdit

• garsavese
• grasen
• grasgrene
• grashope
• grassen
• grasy
• greceles
• gressehopper

DescendantsEdit

• English: grass
• Scots: girse, gers, gress

ReferencesEdit

• “gras (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French grace.

NounEdit

gras

1. Alternative form of grace

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus.

AdjectiveEdit

gras m

1. (Jersey) fat

Derived termsEdit

• grâssement

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse gras

NounEdit

gras n (definite singular graset, indefinite plural gras, definite plural grasa or grasene)

1. alternative form of gress

ReferencesEdit

• “gras” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse gras. Akin to English grass.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːs/

NounEdit

gras n (definite singular graset, indefinite plural gras, definite plural grasa)

1. grass

Derived termsEdit

• kunstgras

ReferencesEdit

• “gras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old NorseEdit

FWOTD – 7 August 2014

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

PronunciationEdit

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑs/

NounEdit

gras n (genitive grass, plural grǫs)

1. grass, herbage
   • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:

     […] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.

     […] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.

2. (especially in the plural) a herb, usually with special powers
   • Stjórn 51, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 175:

     […] fann hann þau grös sem manndragore heita, […]

     […] he found the herb that was called mandrake, […]

DeclensionEdit

  Declension of gras (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gras	grasit	grǫs	grǫsin
accusative	gras	grasit	grǫs	grǫsin
dative	grasi	grasinu	grǫsum	grǫsunum
genitive	grass	grassins	grasa	grasanna

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from gras

• blágresi (“geranium”)
• blómgresi (“flower”)
• grasaðr (“prepared with herbs”)
• grasbítr (“herbivore, beast”)
• grasdalr (“grassy dale”)
• grasgarðr (“garden”)
• grasgeilar (“grassy lanes”)
• grasgott (“with good crop of grass”)
• grasgrœnn (“grass-green”)
• graslaukr (“garlic”)

• graslauss (“grassless”)
• grasleysa, grasleysi (“grassless ground, barrenness”)
• grasligr (“grassy”)
• grasloðinn (“thick with grass”)
• grasloðna (“grassy spot”)
• graslægr (“lying in the grass”)
• grasmikill (“rich in grass”)
• grasnautn (“grazing”)
• grasrán (“'grass-stealing'”)
• grasránsbaugr (“fine for grazing”)

• grasrœtr (“roots of herbs or grass”)
• grassetr (“'grass-farming'”)
• grassótt (“grass-fever”)
• grastó (“grassy spot among cliffs”)
• grasvaxinn (“grown with grass”)
• grasverð (“fine for grazing”)
• grasvǫllr (“grassy field”)
• grasvǫxtr (“growing of grass”)
• stargresi (“sedge”)
• íllgresi (“weed”)

DescendantsEdit

• Danish: græs n
• Faroese: gras n

• Icelandic: gras n
• Norwegian Bokmål: gras n, gress n

• Norwegian Nynorsk: gras n
• Swedish: gräs n

ReferencesEdit

• gras in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• gras in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

NounEdit

gras n

1. grass

DescendantsEdit

• Middle Low German: gras
  • Low German: Gras, gras

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡras/

AdjectiveEdit

gras m, n (feminine singular grasă, masculine plural grași, feminine and neuter plural grase)

1. fat

DeclensionEdit

declension of gras

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	gras		grasă	grași	grase
	definite	grasul		grasa	grașii	grasele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	gras		grase	grași	grase
	definite	grasului		grasei	grașilor	graselor

Derived termsEdit

• ardei gras
• grăsan
• grăsime
• grăsuț

Related termsEdit

• grăsun
• îngrășa

See alsoEdit

• gros

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Tok PisinEdit

FWOTD – 19 December 2012

EtymologyEdit

English grass

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾas/

NounEdit

gras

1. grass; vegetation
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:11 (translation here):

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Graun i mas kamapim ol kain kain diwai na gras na kaikai samting.”

   • Then God said "The land must give forth all kinds of trees and grass and foodstuffs."
2. fur, hair

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from gras

• asgras
• gras bilong ai

• gras bilong het
• gras nogut

• gras usket, gras asket
• maus gras

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