gross

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gros (“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”), from Old French gros, from Latin grossus (“big, fat, thick”, in Late Latin also “coarse, rough”), of uncertain further origin but perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *brassos (“great, violent”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹəʊs/ (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹoʊs/ (Philippines, nonstandard) IPA(key): /ɡɹɔs/ (Scotland, dialectal) IPA(key): /ɡɹos/ Homophone: Gross Rhymes: -əʊs === Adjective === gross (comparative grosser or more gross, superlative grossest or most gross) (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive. Synonyms: serious, flagrant, shameful, appalling, egregious, unmitigated Of an amount: excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts. Synonyms: whole, entire, overall, total, aggregate Antonym: net (sciences, pathology) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed. Synonym: macroscopic Antonym: microscopic (informal, Australia, Canada, US) Causing disgust. Synonyms: disgusting, gro, grody, grotesque, grotty, nasty, revolting, yucky Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality. Synonyms: coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, impure (of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality. Synonyms: coarse, rough, unrefined Antonym: fine (of a substance) Dense, heavy. (of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh. Synonyms: great, large, bulky, fat, obese (now chiefly poetic) Difficult or impossible to see through. Synonyms: thick, heavy (archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling. Synonyms: dull, witless (obsolete) Easy to perceive. Synonyms: obvious, clear ==== Synonyms ==== (heavy in proportion to one's height): See also Thesaurus:obese ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === gross (countable and uncountable, plural gross or grosses) Twelve dozen = 144. The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted. Coordinate term: net The bulk; the mass. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gross (third-person singular simple present grosses, present participle grossing, simple past and past participle grossed) (transitive) To earn money, not including expenses. ==== Derived terms ==== === Related terms === engross grocer, grocery, groceries === Anagrams === Sgros, Sorgs == German == === Adjective === gross (strong nominative masculine singular grosser, comparative grösser, superlative am grössten) Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of groß ==== Declension ==== == Lombard == === Etymology === From Late Latin grossus. === Adjective === gross big, fat, large, thick == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German grōz, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Compare German groß, Dutch groot, English great. === Adjective === gross (comparative greesser, superlative greescht) big, large ==== Derived terms ==== Grossdaadi Grossmammi == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrɔs/ === Etymology 1 === From French grosse (douzaine), "large (dozen)". ==== Noun ==== gross n a gross, twelve dozen (144) ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== dussin tjog === Etymology 2 === Compare grossist (“wholesaler”), grosshandel (“wholesale”), and the like. From French gros. Cognate with English gross. ==== Noun ==== gross c (in compounds) wholesale (in isolation, especially in names of businesses) wholesale(r) Synonyms: (wholesaler) grossist, (wholesale) grosshandel === References === “gross”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gross”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gross”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === sorgs