grosso modo

== English == === Etymology === From Latin grossō modō. === Adverb === grosso modo (comparative more grosso modo, superlative most grosso modo) roughly, circa or approximately 1980. Henry Mehlberg, Robert Sonné Cohen. Time, Causality, and the Quantum Theory: Studies in the Philosophy of Science. p. 211. The fact that event B takes place in the interval separating events A and C has an invariant significance, which may be expressed grosso modo by saying that events which are closer together have more effects in common. 1985. Edward W. Said. Orientalism Reconsidered. Cultural Critique, 1, pp. 94-95. Still others criticize Orientalism for falsifying the nature of Islam: these are, grosso modo, the fundamentalists. ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin grossō modō. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === grosso modo roughly, circa or approximately == French == === Alternative forms === grosso-modo === Etymology === From Latin grossō modō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁo.so mo.do/ === Adverb === grosso modo roughly, circa, approximately Synonyms: à peu près, approximativement, environ == Italian == === Adverb === grosso modo alternative form of grossomodo == Latin == === Etymology === Adverbial locution, from grossus (“approximate”) + modus (“way, method”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡrɔs.soː ˈmɔ.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡrɔs.so ˈmɔː.do] === Adverb === grossō modō (not comparable) roughly, circa, approximately coarsely == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin grossō modō. === Adverb === grosso modo roughly, circa or approximately ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “grosso modo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “grosso modo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin grossō modō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɡɾosso ˈmodo/ [ˌɡɾos.so ˈmo.ð̞o] Syllabification: gros‧so mo‧do === Adverb === grosso modo grosso modo Synonyms: see Thesaurus:aproximadamente ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “grosso modo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “grosso modo”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA «grosso modo», no «a grosso modo» | FundéuRAEFundéuRAE