gratis

See also: grátis

Contents

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑː.tɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹætɪs/

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

1. Free, without charge.

Synonyms

• free as in beer (used in the free software movement to distinguish from libre, "free as in speech")

Translations

free of charge — see free of charge

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. Free, without charge.

Related terms

• gratuity
• gratuitous

Translations

free, without charge — see for free

See also

• libre

Anagrams

• striga, trigas

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Afrikaans

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.tis/

Etymology 1

From Latin grātīs.

Adverb

gratis

1. free, for free

   Synonyms: de franc, gratuïtament

Etymology 2

Verb

gratis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of gratar

Further reading

• “gratis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraːtis/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɑːd̥is]

Adjective

gratis (neuter gratis, plural and definite singular attributive gratis)

1. gratis, free (obtainable without payment)

Adverb

gratis

1. gratis, free (without needing to pay)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣraːtɪs/

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

1. free, without charge

Inflection

Inflection of gratis
uninflected	gratis
inflected	gratis
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		gratis
indefinite	m./f. sing.	gratis
	n. sing.	gratis
	plural	gratis
definite		gratis
partitive		gratis

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Esperanto

Verb

gratis

1. past of grati

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.tis/

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge, gratis

Synonyms

• gratuitement

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free; for free, without charge

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin gratis

Adjective

gratis m, f singular & plural

1. free, without charge

Synonyms

• gratuíto

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

Synonyms

• gratuitamente

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁaːtɪs/

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

Synonyms

• umsonst
• kostenlos
• kostenfrei

Further reading

• gratis in Duden online

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin gratis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡratis/

Adverb

gratis

1. gratis

Synonyms

• gratuitamente

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free

Synonyms

• gratuito

Anagrams

• stragi

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Latin

Etymology

Contracted from grātiīs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.tiːs/

Adverb

grātīs (not comparable)

1. out of favor or kindness, without recompense or compensation, gratuitously

Synonyms

• grātuītō

Related terms

• grātē
• grātēs
• grātia
• grātificātiō
• grātificor
• grātiīs
• grātiōsus
• grātor
• grātuītus
• grātulātiō
• grātulor
• grātus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: gratis
• → English: gratis
• French: gratis
• → German: gratis

• Italian: gratis
• Portuguese: grátis
• Romanian: gratis
• Spanish: gratis

References

• gratis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gratis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gratis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gratis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
    

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin gratiis

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

1. free (obtainable without payment)

References

• “gratis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin gratiis

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

1. free (obtainable without payment)

References

• “gratis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡra.tis]

Adverb

gratis

1. free of charge, for free

Adjective

gratis m, f, n (invariable)

1. free of charge, for free

Declension

declension of gratis (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	gratis		gratis	gratis	gratis
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	gratis		gratis	gratis	gratis
	definite	—		—	—	—

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾatis/, [ˈɡɾat̪is]

Adjective

gratis (plural gratis)

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: gratuito

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: gratuitamente

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. free, without charge

Adjective

gratis (not inflected, not comparable)

1. free, without charge

Anagrams

• girats, grisat, stigar, trasig, trigas