gros

See also: Gros, gròs, grôs, grös, and groš

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• gras

Etymology

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

Noun

gros n

1. (Carcoforo) grass

References

• 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

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• grosu, gãros

Etymology

From Latin grossus. Compare Romanian gros.

Adjective

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

1. thick

Bavarian

Noun

gros ?

1. (Sauris) grass

References

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

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. big, large

Derived terms

• bocagròs
• capgròs
• grossària
• grossor
• intestí gros
• preu per preu, sabates grosses

Noun

gros m (plural grossos)

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

Further reading

• “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], 2007 April
• “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.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɔs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gros
• Rhymes: -ɔs

Etymology 1

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

Noun

gros n (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)

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

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• grossier

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: gròs

See also

• dozijn
• groothonderd
• grootduizend

Etymology 2

Cf. German Groschen and Latin grossus.

Noun

gros m (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)

1. groschen, a former German coin

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gros, from Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁo/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Belgium):

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Adjective

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

Derived terms

• à gros flocons
• attraper la grosse tête
• avoir le cœur gros
• avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre
• banane Gros Michel
• en avoir gros sur le cœur
• en gros
• faire le gros dos
• fin comme du gros sel
• gros bon sens
• gros bonnet
• gros chien
• gros comme une maison
• gros intestin
• gros lot
• gros mot
• gros orteil
• gros plan
• gros public
• gros temps
• gros thym
• gros titre
• gros-grain
• grosse caisse
• grosse commission
• grosse légume
• grosse menthe
• Grosse Pomme
• jouer gros jeu
• jouer les gros bras
• prendre la grosse tête
• suer à grosses gouttes
• transpirer à grosses gouttes

Noun

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.

Descendants

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

Related terms

• grosseur
• grossier
• grossir

Further reading

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

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese grosso. Cognate with Kabuverdianu grós.

Adjective

gros

1. thick

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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.

Declension

Declension of gros (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
weak inflection	nominative	gros	gros	gros	grose
	accusative	grose	gros	gros	grose
	dative	grose	grose	grose	grose
strong inflection	nominative	groser	grose	groses	grose
	accusative	grose	grose	groses	grose
	dative	grosem	groser	grosem	grose

Antonyms

• kleen

Derived terms

• Groseltre
• Grosfatter
• Grosgewachsner
• Grosmutter
• Grosonkel
• Grosstatt
• Grostante
• groswachse

References

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

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin grossus.

Adjective

gros

1. thick

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin grossus.

Adjective

gros m (feminine groasă)

1. thick

Mòcheno

Etymology

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.

Noun

gros n

1. grass

References

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

Norman

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Jersey)

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Adjective

gros m

1. large

Derived terms

• gros deigt (“thumb”)
• grôssement

Old French

Etymology

From Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.

Adjective

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

1. big; large

Descendants

• French: gros
• Norman: gros

Polish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔs
• Syllabification: gros

Noun

gros m inan

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

   Synonym: wielki tuzin

Declension

Declension of gros

	singular	plural
nominative	gros	grosy
genitive	grosa	grosów
dative	grosowi	grosom
accusative	gros	grosy
instrumental	grosem	grosami
locative	grosie	grosach
vocative	grosie	grosy

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French gros, from Latin grossus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gros n (indeclinable)

1. (literary) bulk, the major part

   Hypernym: większość

Related terms

adverb

• en gros

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin grossus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡros/

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. thick

   Antonym: subțire

Declension

Declension of gros

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	gros		groasă		groși	groase
	definite	grosul		groasa		groșii	groasele
genitive- dative	indefinite	gros		groase		groși	groase
	definite	grosului		groasei		groșilor	groaselor

Derived terms

• grosime

Related terms

• grosolan
• groștei
• îngroșa

See also

• gras

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from French grosse (douzaine).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡróː/

Noun

grọ̑s m inan

1. A gross, 144.

Declension

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

Vilamovian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

grōs n

1. grass

Welsh

Etymology

From English gross.

Noun

gros m

1. gross (twelve dozen)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gros

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gros	ros	ngros	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• 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