gros

• gras

From Old High German gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą. Cognate with German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Icelandic gras.

gros n

1. (Carcoforo) grass

• 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

• grosu, gãros

From Latin grossus. Compare Romanian gros.

gros m (feminine groasã, masculine plural grosh, feminine plural groasi)

1. thick

gros ?

1. (Sauris) grass

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

Inherited from Latin grossus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɾɔs]

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gros (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossos, feminine plural grosses)

1. big, large

gros m (plural grossos)

1. main part
2. (numismatics) groschen (obsolete silver coin)

• “gros”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “gros”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɔs/

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• Hyphenation: gros
• Rhymes: -ɔs

From Middle Dutch gros, from Old French gros, from Latin grossus; gross sense probably directly from French.

gros n (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)

1. (countable) a gross; a dozen dozens, 144
2. (uncountable) the bulk, largest part, largest proportion, majority

• (largest part): merendeel
• (majority): meerderheid

• grossier

• → Papiamentu: gròs

• dozijn
• groothonderd
• grootduizend

Cf. German Groschen and Latin grossus.

gros m (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)

1. groschen, a former German coin

Inherited from Old French gros, from Latin grossus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁo/

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gros (feminine grosse, masculine plural gros, feminine plural grosses)

1. big, thick, fat

   Synonym: épais

   Mon petit copain a des gros doigts.

   My boyfriend has fat fingers.

2. coarse, rough
3. (Louisiana) famous

gros m (plural gros)

1. a person in overweight
2. 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.

• → Catalan: gro
• → English: gross
• → Spanish: gro

• grosseur
• grossier
• grossir

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

From Portuguese grosso. Cognate with Kabuverdianu grós.

gros

1. thick

From Middle High German grōʒ, from Old High German grōʒ, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkroːs/
• Rhymes: -oːs
• Syllabification: gros

gros (comparative greser, superlative gresest)

1. big, large

   En groses Haus. ― A big house.

2. (of a person) tall

   Er is en groser Mann. ― He is a tall man.

3. big; grown-up

   Die Kinner sin schun gros. ― The kids are big already.

• kleen

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “gros”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 70, column 2

From Latin grossus.

gros

1. thick

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrôːs/

grós

1. third-person singular/plural future of groti

From Latin grossus.

gros m (feminine groasă)

1. thick

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.

gros n

1. grass

• “gros” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

From Old French gros, from Latin grossus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

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gros m

1. large

• gros deigt (“thumb”)
• grôssement

From Latin grossus. Attested from the late 11th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔs/

gros m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grose or grosse)

1. big, thick
   1. swollen, pregnant
   2. weighty, important
2. crude, simple

• French: gros
• Norman: gros

• “gros”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: gros

gros m inan

1. (archaic) gross (group of 144 items; a dozen dozen or a square dozen)

   Synonym: wielki tuzin

Unadapted borrowing from French gros, from Latin grossus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Syllabification: gros

gros n (indeclinable)

1. (literary) bulk, the major part

   Hypernym: większość

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

Inherited from Latin grossus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡros/

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gros m or n (feminine singular groasă, masculine plural groși, feminine and neuter plural groase)

1. thick

   Antonym: subțire

• grosime

• grosolan
• groștei
• îngroșa

• gras

Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).

• IPA^(key): /ɡróː/

grọ̑s m inan

1. A gross, 144.

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).

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Masculine inan., hard o-stem
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

From Middle High German and Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras.

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grōs n

1. grass

From English gross.

gros m

1. gross (twelve dozen)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gros”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies