gras
التعريفات والمعاني
== Afrikaans ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch gras.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
gras (plural grasse)
grass
== Alemannic German ==
=== 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
(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
== Antigua and Barbuda Creole English ==
=== Noun ===
gras
glass
grass
== Aromanian ==
=== 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)
fat
==== Derived terms ====
grãsic
grãsimi
==== Related terms ====
ngrash / ngrãshedz
dizgrash / dizgrãshedz
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin grassus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɾas]
=== Adjective ===
gras (feminine grassa, masculine plural grassos, feminine plural grasses)
fat
fatty
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
greix
=== Further reading ===
“gras”, 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
“gras”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“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.
== Cimbrian ==
=== 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)
(Sette Comuni) grass
an hèttalle gras ― a blade of grass
==== Related terms ====
graazan
=== 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
== Cornish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From English grace.
==== Noun ====
gras m (plural grassow)
grace
thanks
===== Derived terms =====
==== Mutation ====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
gras
soft mutation of kras (“toast (collective)”)
==== Adjective ====
gras
soft mutation of kras (“toasted, crisp, parched”)
== Dutch ==
=== 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/
Rhymes: -ɑs
=== Noun ===
gras n (plural grassen, diminutive grasje n)
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.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
gors
==== Descendants ====
Afrikaans: gras
Berbice Creole Dutch: grasa
Jersey Dutch: x'rās, grās
Negerhollands: graas, gras
→ Sranan Tongo: grasi
→ Saramaccan: gaási
== Faroese ==
=== 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)
grass
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old French gras, from Late Latin grassus. Doublet of crasse.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡʁa/ ~ /ɡʁɑ/
=== Adjective ===
gras (feminine grasse, masculine plural gras, feminine plural grasses)
fat
(typography) bold
(dated) synonym of grossier (“vulgar”)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Haitian Creole: gra
=== Noun ===
gras m (invariable)
fat (animal tissue or substance resembling it)
==== Derived terms ====
tailler le bout de gras
=== Further reading ===
“gras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== Anagrams ===
gars
== Friulian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin grassus.
=== Adjective ===
gras
fat
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
gras
singular imperative of grasen
(colloquial) first-person singular present of grasen
== Gothic ==
=== Romanization ===
gras
romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃
== Icelandic ==
=== 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)
grass
Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)
(in the plural) Icelandic moss
(slang) grass, marijuana
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“gras” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
== Middle Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).
=== Noun ===
gras n
grass
==== Inflection ====
==== Alternative forms ====
gars, gers
==== Descendants ====
Dutch: grasAfrikaans: grasBerbice Creole Dutch: grasaJersey Dutch: x'rās, grāsNegerhollands: graas, gras→ Sranan Tongo: grasi→ Saramaccan: gaási
Limburgish: graas
West Flemish: ges, gas
Zealandic: gos
=== Further reading ===
“gras”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gras”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
== Middle English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ɡras/, /ɡraːs/, /ɡrɛːs/, /ɡrɛs/, /ɡɛrs/
==== Noun ====
gras (plural grasses or gras)
A grass (A plant in the family Poaceae or of similar appearance to those plants)
Any plant; especially a herbaceous one; a herb.
(medicine) A plant or herb reputed to have medicinal or curative properties.
The lamina of a leaf or a leaf in general.
Ground planted with grass; grassy land; a pasture or meadow.
Fodder; grass used to feed animals (especially livestock).
===== Alternative forms =====
grasse, gresse, gres, gers, grece, græs, grace, gars, grys, grisse, grese
===== Related terms =====
===== Descendants =====
English: grassTok Pisin: gras, garasFiji Hindi: giraas
Scots: gress, gres, grais, graiss, grase, gers, girs
⇒ Yola: grass cock
===== References =====
“gras, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 May 2018.
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
gras
alternative form of grace
== Norman ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old French gras, from Late Latin crassus.
=== Adjective ===
gras m
(Jersey) fat
==== Derived terms ====
grâssement
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== 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)
alternative form of gress
==== Derived terms ====
alfagras
=== References ===
“gras” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== 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)
grass
==== Derived terms ====
alfagras
grashall
kunstgras
=== References ===
“gras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Old English ==
=== Verb ===
grās
first/third-person singular preterite indicative of grīsan
== Old Norse ==
=== 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)
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.
(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, […]
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Icelandic: gras
Faroese: gras
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gress, gras (< *grasja-)
Norwegian Nynorsk: gras
Old Swedish: græs, gras (hapax legomena)
Swedish: gräs (< *grasja-)
Old Danish: græs
Danish: græs (< *grasja-)
Elfdalian: gras
Gutnish: gras
=== 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 Internet Archive
== Old Saxon ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”).
=== Noun ===
gras n
grass
==== Descendants ====
Middle Low German: gras
Dutch Low Saxon: gras
German Low German: Gras
Plautdietsch: Grauss
== Romagnol ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin crassus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡras/
=== Adjective ===
gras (feminine grasa, masculine plural grës, feminine plural grasi)
fat
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Late Latin grassus. Doublet of cras.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡras/
=== Adjective ===
gras m or n (feminine singular grasă, masculine plural grași, feminine/neuter plural grase)
fat
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
ardei gras
grăsan
grăsime
grăsuț
==== Related terms ====
grăsun
îngrășa
==== See also ====
gros
== Tok Pisin ==
=== Alternative forms ===
garas
=== Etymology ===
From English grass.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡɾas/
=== Noun ===
gras
grass; vegetation
Then God said "The land must give forth all kinds of trees and grass and foodstuffs."
fur, hair
==== Derived terms ====
== Welsh ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Middle Welsh gras, from Middle English grace, Old French grace and Latin grātia.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aːs
=== Noun ===
gras m or f (usually uncountable, plural grasau or grasusau)
grace, favour
forgiveness, pardon
beauty, charm
(countable) grace (short prayer)
==== Derived terms ====
anras (“blight, evil”)
gras anorchfygol (“irresistible grace”)
gras Duw (“hedgehyssop”)
graslon, grasol, grasus (“gracious”)
moddion gras (“means of grace”)
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gras”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
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