gros
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą. Cognate with German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Icelandic gras.
Noun edit
gros n
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin grossus. Compare Romanian gros.
Adjective edit
gros
Bavarian edit
Noun edit
gros ?
References edit
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gros (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossos, feminine plural grosses)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
gros m (plural grossos)
- main part
- (numismatics) groschen (obsolete silver coin)
Further reading edit
- “gros” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gros”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gros” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gros” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch gros, from Old French gros, from Latin grossus; gross sense probably directly from French.
Noun edit
gros n (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)
- (countable) a gross; a dozen dozens, 144
- (uncountable) the bulk, largest part, largest proportion, majority
Synonyms edit
- (largest part): merendeel
- (majority): meerderheid
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: gròs
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Cf. German Groschen and Latin grossus.
Noun edit
gros m (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)
- groschen, a former German coin.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French gros, from Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gros (feminine grosse, masculine plural gros, feminine plural grosses)
- big, thick, fat
- Synonym: épais
- Mon petit copain a des gros doigts.
- My boyfriend has fat fingers.
- coarse, rough
- (Louisiana) famous
Derived terms edit
- à gros flocons
- attraper la grosse tête
- avoir le cœur gros
- avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre
- banane Gros Michel
- en avoir gros sur le cœur
- en gros
- faire le gros dos
- fin comme du gros sel
- gros bon sens
- gros bonnet
- gros chien
- gros comme une maison
- gros intestin
- gros lot
- gros mot
- gros orteil
- gros plan
- gros public
- gros temps
- gros titre
- gros-grain
- grosse caisse
- grosse commission
- grosse légume
- Grosse Pomme
- jouer gros jeu
- jouer les gros bras
- prendre la grosse tête
- suer à grosses gouttes
- transpirer à grosses gouttes
Noun edit
gros m (plural gros)
- a person in overweight
- the bulk, the majority
- Le gros de la négociation c’est la baisse de prix d’achat du produit. ― The bulk of the negotiation is lowering the purchasing price of the product.
Descendants edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gros”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Guinea-Bissau Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese grosso. Cognate with Kabuverdianu grós.
Adjective edit
gros
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German grōz, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gros (comparative greser, superlative grest)
Declension edit
Declension of gros (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | gros | gros | gros | grose |
accusative | grose | gros | gros | grose | |
dative | grose | grose | grose | grose | |
Strong inflection | nominative | groser | grose | groses | grose |
accusative | grose | grose | groses | grose | |
dative | grosem | groser | grosem | grose |
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Mòcheno edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”). Cognate with German Gras, English grass.
Noun edit
gros n
References edit
- “gros” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French gros, from Latin grossus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Pronunciation edit
- (Jersey)
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
gros m
Derived terms edit
- gros deigt (“thumb”)
- grôssement
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.
Adjective edit
gros m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grose or grosse)
Descendants edit
Polish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gros m inan
- (archaic) gross (group of 144 items; a dozen dozen or a square dozen)
- Synonym: wielki tuzin
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Unadapted borrowing from French gros, from Latin grossus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gros n (indeclinable)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gros m or n (feminine singular groasă, masculine plural groși, feminine and neuter plural groase)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grọ̑s m inan
- A gross, 144.
Inflection edit
As the -s- is not pronounced, the stem really ends in a vowel, and is extended with -j- when endings are attached. In writing, the declension can be either soft (following the pronunciation) or hard (following the spelling).
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | grós | ||
gen. sing. | grósa | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
grós | grósa | grósi |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
grósa | grósov | grósov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
grósu | grósoma | grósom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
grós | grósa | gróse |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
grósu | grósih | grósih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
grósom | grósoma | grósi |
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
grōs n