gratis

See also: grátis

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Borrowed from Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑː.tɪs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹætɪs/

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

1. Free, without charge.

Synonyms

• free as in beer (used in the free software movement to distinguish from libre, "free as in speech")

Translations

free of charge — see free of charge

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. Free, without charge.

Related terms

• gratuity
• gratuitous

Translations

free, without charge — see for free

See also

• libre

Anagrams

• striga, trigas

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Afrikaans

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡɾa.tis]

Etymology 1

From Latin grātīs.

Adverb

gratis

1. free, for free

   Synonyms: de franc, gratuïtament

Etymology 2

Verb

gratis

Further reading

• “gratis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraːtis/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɑːd̥is]

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)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣraːtɪs/

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

gratis (not comparable)

1. free, without charge

Inflection

Inflection 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
• Indonesian: gratis
• Javanese: ꦒ꧀ꦫꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (gratis)

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Esperanto

Verb

gratis

1. past of grati

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.tis/

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge, gratis

Synonyms

• gratuitement

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free; for free, without charge

Synonyms

• gratuit

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin gratis

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free, without charge

Synonyms

• gratuíto

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

Synonyms

• gratuitamente

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁaːtɪs/

• Audio

  (file)

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

Synonyms

• umsonst
• kostenlos
• kostenfrei

Further reading

• “gratis” in Duden online

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch gratis

Adjective

gratis

1. free, without charge

Derived terms

• gratisan
• menggratiskan

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡratis/

Adverb

gratis

1. gratis, free

   Synonym: gratuitamente

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free

   Synonym: gratuito

Further reading

• gratis in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• stragi

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Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Contracted from grātiīs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.tiːs/, [ˈɡräːt̪iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.tis/, [ˈɡräːt̪is]

Adverb

grātīs (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

• grātuītō

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

• Catalan: gratis
• Dutch: gratis
  • Afrikaans: gratis
  • Indonesian: gratis
  • Javanese: ꦒ꧀ꦫꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (gratis)
• English: gratis
• French: gratis
• Galician: gratis

• German: gratis
• Italian: gratis
• Portuguese: grátis
• Romanian: gratis
• Spanish: gratis

References

• gratis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
    

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin gratiis

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

1. free (obtainable without payment)

Derived terms

• gratisavis

References

• “gratis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin gratiis

Adjective

gratis (indeclinable)

1. free (obtainable without payment)

Derived terms

• gratisavis

References

• “gratis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.tis/

• audio

  (file)

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, gratisowo, nieodpłatnie, za darmo

Derived terms

• (adjective) gratisowy
• (adverb) gratisowo

Further reading

• gratis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gratis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡra.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	—		—	—	—

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin grātīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾatis/ [ˈɡɾa.t̪is]

Adjective

gratis (invariable)

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: gratuito

Derived terms

• de gratis

Adverb

gratis

1. free, without charge

   Synonym: gratuitamente

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Adverb

gratis (not comparable)

1. free, without charge

Adjective

gratis (not inflected, not comparable)

1. free, without charge

Anagrams

• girats, stigar, trasig