grosse

See also: Grosse, Grösse, große, Große, and grøsse

English

Noun

grosse

1. Obsolete spelling of gross.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     But in the groſſe and ſcope of mine opinion, / This bodes ſome ſtrange eruption to our ſtate.

Anagrams

• Gosser, Groses, esrogs, gorses, ogress, sogers

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁos/
• (esp. southern France) IPA^(key): /ɡʁɔs/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: grosses

Adjective

grosse

1. feminine singular of gros
2. pregnant

Noun

grosse f (plural grosses)

1. gross (twelve dozens)

Further reading

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

German

Adjective

grosse

1. inflection of gross:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔs.se/
• Rhymes: -ɔsse
• Hyphenation: gròs‧se

Adjective

grosse

1. feminine plural of grosso

Noun

grosse

1. plural of grossa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡros.se/, [ˈɡrɔs̠ːɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡros.se/, [ˈɡrɔsːe]

Adjective

grosse

1. vocative masculine singular of grossus

Neapolitan

Adjective

grosse

1. feminine plural of gruosso

Norman

Adjective

grosse

1. feminine singular of gros