gratis

See also: grátis

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English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin grātiīs

Latin grātīsbor.

English gratis

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑː.tɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːtɪs
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹætɪs/
• Hyphenation: grat‧is

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

1. Free: without charge.

   Synonyms: costless, feeless, free of charge; free as in beer

   Antonym: see at nonfree

   Coordinate terms: libre, free as in speech

   • 2010 September 27, Ann Charters, Samuel Charters, quoting John Clellon Holmes, Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation‎^[2], →ISBN, page 162:

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

   • 2023 October 22, Norry Wilson, “The best bar none? Why nothing has to change at the city’s legendary Laurieston”, in The Herald on Sunday, Glasgow: Newsquest, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 2:

     The gratis soft drink mixers on the counter, the free jukebox in the lounge – loaded with classic 45s – the shelves piled high with books to borrow and read, and the vintage 1960s pie-warmer is the very spirit of the Laurieston and the Clancy family.

Translations

free of charge — see also free of charge,‎ gratuitous

• Spanish: gratis (es), gratisdato (es), gratiñán, graterola (es), gratarola (es)

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. In a free way: without charge.

   Synonyms: costlessly, free of charge

   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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.

   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 45:

     Reaſon, you roague, reaſon: thinkſt thou Ile endanger my soule, gratis?

Related terms

• gratuitous
• gratuity

Translations

free, without charge — see also for free,‎ gratuitously

• Spanish: gratis (es), de gratis, de a gratis, gratis et amore, gratismente (es) de gracia (es), gratiñán, gratarola (es), graterola (es)

See also

• libre

Anagrams

• striga, trigas

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχrɑːtəs/, [ˈχrɔːtəs]

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈɡɾa.tis]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin grātīs.

Adverb

gratis

1. free, for free

   Synonyms: de franc, gratuïtament

Etymology 2

Verb

gratis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of gratar

Further reading

• “gratis”, 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

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin grātiīs

Latin grātīsder.

Czech gratis

Derived from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡraːtɪs]

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonyms: zdarma, zadarmo, zadarmiko, zadara

Further reading

• “gratis”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “gratis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “gratis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraːtis/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɑːd̥is]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: gra‧tis

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)

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

   Synonyms: kosteloos, koefnoen

Declension

Declension 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)
• → Malay: gratis

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡratis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atis
• Syllabification: gra‧tis

Verb

gratis

1. past of grati

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.tis/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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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

Galician

Alternative forms

• grátis (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin grātiīs

Latin gratisder.

Galician gratis

Derived from Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾatis/ [ˈɡɾa.t̪is̺]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡɾatis/ [ˈɡɾa.t̪is̺]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħɾatis/ [ˈħɾa.t̪is̺]

• Rhymes: -atis
• Hyphenation: gra‧tis

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free, without charge

   Synonyms: gratuíto, de balde

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonyms: gratuitamente, de balde

Further reading

• “gratis”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁaːtɪs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonyms: umsonst, kostenlos, kostenfrei, (colloquial) für lau, für umme

Further reading

• “gratis” in Duden online
• “gratis”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡratis/ [ˈɡra.t̪ɪs]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atis
• Syllabification: gra‧tis

Adjective

gratis (comparative lebih gratis, superlative paling gratis)

1. free, without charge

   Synonyms: cuma-cuma, percuma

   Aku dapat kopi ini secara gratis. ― I got this coffee for free.

Derived terms

• gratisan
• menggratiskan
• penggratisan

Related terms

• grasi

Further reading

• “gratis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin grātīs.

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

• grato
• gratuito
• grazia

Further reading

• “gratis”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• stragi, striga

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin grātiīs

Latin grātīs

Contracted from grātiīs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡraː.tiːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡraː.tis]

Adverb

grātīs (not comparable)

1. out of favor or kindness, without recompense or compensation, gratuitously, freely

Synonyms

• grātuītō

Related terms

• grātē
• grātēs
• grātia
• grātificātiō
• grātificor
• grātiīs
• grātiōsus
• grātor
• grātuītus
• grātulātiō
• grātulor
• grātus

Descendants

• → Catalan: gratis
• → Czech: gratis
• → Danish: gratis
• → Dutch: gratis
  • Afrikaans: gratis
  • → Caribbean Javanese: gratis
  • → Indonesian: gratis
  • → Javanese: ꦒꦿꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (gratis)
  • → Malay: gratis
• → English: gratis
• → Esperanto: gratis
• → French: gratis
• → Galician: gratis
• → German: gratis
• → Italian: gratis
• → Norwegian Bokmål: gratis
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: gratis
• → Polish: gratis
• → Portuguese: grátis
• → Romanian: gratis
• → Spanish: gratis
• → Swedish: gratis

References

• "gratis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
    

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Indonesia) IPA^(key): /ˈɡratis/ [ˈɡra.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -atis, -is
• Hyphenation: gra‧tis

Adjective

gratis (Jawi spelling ݢراتيس, comparative lebih gratis, superlative paling gratis) (Indonesia)

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: percuma (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• "gratis" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "gratis" at PRPM first version)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

1. free (obtainable without payment)

Derived terms

• gratisavis

References

• “gratis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

1. free (obtainable without payment)

Derived terms

• gratisavis

References

• “gratis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin grātiīs

Latin grātīslbor.

Polish gratis

Learned borrowing 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^[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “gratis”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[6] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of grátis

Romanian

Alternative forms

• гратис (gratis) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin grātiīs

Latin gratislbor.

Romanian gratis

Learned borrowing from Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.tis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atis
• Hyphenation: gra‧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	—		—	—	—

Further reading

• “gratis”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin grātiīs

Latin grātīsder.

Spanish gratis

Derived from Latin grātīs. Compare English grace.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾatis/ [ˈɡɾa.t̪is]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atis
• Syllabification: gra‧tis

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: gratuito

Derived terms

• de a gratis
• de gratis

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: gratuitamente

Further reading

• “gratis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “gratis”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātiīs. First attested in 1638.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑːtiːs/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. free, without charge [since 1638]

Adjective

gratis (not inflected, not comparable)

1. free, without charge [since 1850]

Usage notes

• Generally, when something is gratis, it is entirely free of charge in every way. If something is included at no extra cost with a purchase, it is på köpet (literally “on the purchase”). Note, however, that this distinction is weaker in colloquial contexts.

See also

• grattis (“congratulation”)

Further reading

• “gratis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• gratis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• girats, stigar, trasig