gratis

See also: grátis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑː.tɪs/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹætɪs/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːtɪs

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

1. Free, without charge.
   • 2010 September 27, Ann Charters; Samuel Charters, quoting John Clellon Holmes, Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation‎^[1], →ISBN, page 162:

     Really syncophant^[sic] stuff, but it may help. It's gratis in any case.

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

Translations

free of charge — see free of charge

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. Free, without charge.
   • c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     I know not how they sold themselves: but thou, like a kind fellow, gavest thyself away gratis; and I thank thee for thee.

Related terms

• gratuity
• gratuitous

Translations

free, without charge — see for free

See also

• libre

Anagrams

• striga, trigas

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gratis, from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣraːtɪs/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: gra‧tis

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: kosteloos

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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gratis
• → Caribbean Javanese: gratis
• → Indonesian: gratis
• → Javanese: ꦒꦿꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (gratis)

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: kosteloos

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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/

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge, gratis

   Synonym: gratuitement

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free; for free, without charge

   Synonym: gratuit

Further reading

• “gratis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin gratis.

Adjective

gratis m or f singular & plural

1. free, without charge

Synonyms

• gratuíto

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

Synonyms

• gratuitamente

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German

Etymology

Latin gratis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁaːtɪs/

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonyms: umsonst, kostenlos, kostenfrei

Further reading

• “gratis” in Duden online
• “gratis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch gratis, from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡratis]
• Hyphenation: gra‧tis

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonyms: cuma-cuma, percuma

   Aku mendapatkan bungkus ini secara gratis.

   I got this pack for free.

Derived terms

• gratisan
• menggratiskan

Related terms

• grasi

 

Further reading

• “gratis” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.tis/
• Rhymes: -atis
• Hyphenation: grà‧tis

Adverb

gratis

1. for free, gratis

   Synonym: gratuitamente

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free

   Synonym: gratuito

Related terms

• a gratis

Further reading

• gratis in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• stragi, striga

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Latin

Etymology

Contracted from grātiīs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.tiːs/, [ˈɡräːt̪iːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.tis/, [ˈɡräːt̪is]

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
• Dutch: gratis
  • Afrikaans: gratis
  • → Caribbean Javanese: gratis
  • → Indonesian: gratis
  • → Javanese: ꦒꦿꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (gratis)
• English: gratis
• French: gratis
• Galician: 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
    

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Malay

Etymology

From Dutch gratis, from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.

Adjective

gratis (Jawi spelling ݢراتيس‎)

1. (Indonesia) free, without charge

Synonyms

• (Malaysia) percuma

Further reading

• “gratis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin gratiis.

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

1. free (obtainable without payment)

Derived terms

• gratisavis

References

• “gratis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin gratiis.

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

1. free (obtainable without payment)

Derived terms

• gratisavis

References

• “gratis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.tis/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atis
• Syllabification: gra‧tis

Noun

gratis m inan

1. perquisite, free gift

Declension

Declension of gratis

	singular	plural
nominative	gratis	gratisy
genitive	gratisu	gratisów
dative	gratisowi	gratisom
accusative	gratis	gratisy
instrumental	gratisem	gratisami
locative	gratisie	gratisach
vocative	gratisie	gratisy

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. gratis, free of charge

   Synonyms: bezpłatnie, darmo, darmowo, nieodpłatnie, za darmo

   Antonyms: odpłatnie, płatnie

Derived terms

adjective

• gratisowy

 

adverb

• gratisowo

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of grátis

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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 or f or n (indeclinable)

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/ [ˈɡɾa.t̪is]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atis
• Hyphenation: gra‧tis

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: gratuito

Derived terms

• de gratis

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: gratuitamente

Further reading

• “gratis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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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, stigar, trasig