grosso

See also: Grosso

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin grossus.

Adjective

1. big, large
2. fat

   Carlo il Grosso ― Charles the Fat

3. thick
4. heavy
5. rough (of the sea)

Derived terms

• ingrossare
• sgrossare

Noun

grosso m (plural grossi)

1. the main part of something
2. groschen

Further reading

• grosso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• grosso on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) grossō

1. dative masculine singular of grossus
2. dative neuter singular of grossus
3. ablative masculine singular of grossus
4. ablative neuter singular of grossus

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grosso, from Latin grossus, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷres-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾo.su/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾo.so/
• Hyphenation: gros‧so

Adjective

1. dense; thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)
2. viscous; thick (having consistency between solid and liquid)
3. crude; unrefined (of low quality)
4. (of a person) rude; uncouth; uncivil (without manners)
5. (of texture) rough (not plain; with friction)
6. (of sound) deep (low in pitch)
7. obscene; distasteful; vulgar (offensive to morality)
8. (slang) aboundant (in high quantity)

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: grós