gras

Etymology

From Dutch gras.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

gras (plural grasse)

1. grass

Alternative forms

• gros

Etymology

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

Cognate with German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Icelandic gras.

Noun

gras n

1. (Gressoney, Formazza) 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

Alternative forms

• grasu, greas, greasu

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin grassus. Compare Romanian gras.

Adjective

gras (feminine grasã, masculine plural grash, feminine plural grasi or grase)

1. fat

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin grassus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

gras (feminine grassa, masculine plural grassos, feminine plural grasses)

1. fat
2. fatty

Further reading

• “gras” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gras”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “gras” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gras” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Alternative forms

• grass (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)

Etymology

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

Noun

gras m (plural gréezar)

1. (Sette Comuni) grass

   an hèttalle gras ― a blade of grass

References

• “gras” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• 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

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gras, from Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”). Doublet of gors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɑs/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Belgium):

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• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

gras n (plural grassen, diminutive grasje n)

1. grass

   Het gras is groen na de regen.

   The grass is green after the rain.

   Ik hou ervan om op het gras te liggen en naar de wolken te kijken.

   I love to lie on the grass and look at the clouds.

   Ze speelden voetbal op het gras.

   They played soccer on the grass.

Etymology

From Old Norse gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛaːs/

Noun

gras n (genitive singular gras, plural grøs)

1. grass

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gras, from Late Latin grassus. Doublet of crasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa/ ~ /ɡʁɑ/

• Audio; “le gras”:

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Adjective

gras (feminine grasse, masculine plural gras, feminine plural grasses)

1. fat
2. (typography) bold

Noun

gras m (plural gras)

1. fat (animal tissue or substance resembling it)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gars

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin grassus.

Adjective

gras

1. fat

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

gras

1. singular imperative of grasen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of grasen

Romanization

gras

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃

Etymology

From Old Norse gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kraːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

gras n (genitive singular grass, nominative plural grös)

1. grass
   • Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)

     Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."

     A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

2. (in the plural) Icelandic moss
3. (slang) grass, marijuana

Further reading

• “gras” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Noun

gras n

1. grass

Further reading

• “gras”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gras”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Etymology 1

From Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Old French gras, from Late Latin crassus.

Adjective

gras m

1. (Jersey) fat
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 532:

     Caud Mai, gras chimequière, fred Mai, granges pllaïnes.

     A warm May, a fat churchyard, a cold May, full granaries.

Etymology

From Old Norse gras (“grass, herbage; herb (with special powers)”), from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”), from the root of *grōaną (“to green, grow”) and *grōniz (“green”), from Pre-Germanic *groh₁-ni-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).

Noun

gras n (definite singular graset, indefinite plural gras, definite plural grasa or grasene)

1. alternative form of gress

References

• “gras” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse gras. Akin to English grass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːs/

Noun

gras n (definite singular graset, indefinite plural gras, definite plural grasa)

1. grass

References

• “gras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Verb

grās

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of grīsan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑs/

Noun

gras n (genitive grass, plural grǫs)

1. grass, herbage
   • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:

     […] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.

     […] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.

2. (especially in the plural) a herb, usually with special powers
   • Stjórn 51, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 175:

     […] fann hann þau grös sem manndragore heita, […]

     […] he found the herb that was called mandrake, […]

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “gras”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 211
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gras”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/170 Internet Archive]

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Noun

gras n

1. grass

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin crassus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡras/

Adjective

gras (feminine grasa, masculine plural grës, feminine plural grasi)

1. fat

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin grassus. Doublet of cras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡras/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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Adjective

gras m or n (feminine singular grasă, masculine plural grași, feminine and neuter plural grase)

1. fat

Alternative forms

• garas

Etymology

From English grass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾas/

Noun

gras

1. grass; vegetation
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:11:

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Graun i mas kamapim ol kain kain diwai na gras na kaikai samting.”

     →New International Version translation

   • Then God said "The land must give forth all kinds of trees and grass and foodstuffs."
2. fur, hair

Etymology

From Middle English grace, from Old French grace, from Latin grātia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

gras m or f (plural grasau or grasusau)

1. grace, favour
2. forgiveness, pardon
3. beauty, charm
4. (countable) grace (short prayer)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gras”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies