coarse

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kôs, IPA^(key): /kɔːs/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)s
• (US) enPR: kōrs, kôrs, IPA^(key): /koəɹs/, /kɔːɹs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)s
• Homophone: course

Etymology

Adjectival use of course, diverging therefrom in spelling in the 18th century. The sense developed from '(following) the usual course' (cf. of course) to 'ordinary, common' to 'lacking refinement', with 'not fine, granular' arising from its application to cloth. Compare the development of mean.

Adjective

coarse (comparative coarser, superlative coarsest)

1. Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
2. Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy;

   coarse manners

   coarse language

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "coarse" is often applied: language, particle, grain, graining, sand, powder, gravel, grit, salt, gold, thread, hair, cloth, grid, aggregate, texture, grass, fish, angling, fishing.

Synonyms

• (of inferior quality): thick, rough, sharp, hard
• (not refined): rough, rude, uncouth, blunt, unpolished, inelegant, indelicate, vulgar, gritty, obscene, crass

Antonyms

• (of inferior quality): fine

Derived terms

• coarsely
• coarsen
• coarseness

Translations

containing large particles

• Bashkir: эре (ere)

• Maori: kaitara (of texture)
• Russian: крупный (ru) (krúpnyj)

of inferior quality

• Bulgarian: долнокачествен (bg) (dolnokačestven)
• Catalan: groller m, bast m, grollera f, basta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粗糙的 (zh) (cūcāo de)

• Dutch: ruw (nl), grof (nl)
• Finnish: karkea (fi)
• French: brut (fr) m, brute (fr) f
• German: grob (de)
• Hebrew: גס m (gas), גסה f (gasa); נחות m (nakhut), נחותה f (nekhuta)
• Hungarian: durva (hu)
• Ido: kruda (io)
• Italian: rude (it) m, f, grossolano m, grossolana f

• Japanese: 粗い (あらい, arai)
• Latvian: rupjš
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grov (no)

  Nynorsk: grov

• Portuguese: grosseiro (pt) m, grosseira (pt) f
• Romanian: grosier (ro) m, grosieră f, aspru (ro)
• Russian: грубый (ru) (grúbyj), черновой (ru) (černovój), необработанный (neobrabótannyj), низкокачественный (ru) (nizkokáčestvennyj)
• Spanish: tosco (es), rústico (es), rudo, bruto (es), crudo (es), grosero (es), burdo (es)

not refined

• Bulgarian: груб (bg) (grub), необработен (bg) (neobraboten)
• Catalan: brut (ca) m, bruta (ca) f, groller m, grollera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粗躁 (zh) (cūzào), 粗魯, 粗鲁 (zh) (cūlǔ)

• Finnish: karkea (fi)
• French: vulgaire (fr)
• German: grob (de), derb (de), primitiv (de)
• Hungarian: durva (hu)
• Italian: rozzo (it), grezzo (it) m, greggio m

• Latvian: rupjš
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grov (no)

  Nynorsk: grov

• Portuguese: rude (pt), grosseiro (pt)
• Russian: грубый (ru) (grúbyj), вульгарный (ru) (vulʹgárnyj), непристойный (ru) (nepristójnyj), неприличный (ru) (neprilíčnyj), похабный (ru) (poxábnyj)
• Spanish: grosero (es), bruto (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Jèrriais: ^{(please verify)} grôssyi

External links

• coarse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• coarse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• coarse at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• ocreas