gras

See also: GRAS, Gras, Graś, graś, gräs, grás, grãs, græs, and græs'

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gras.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

gras (plural grasse)

1. 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

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

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)

1. 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)

1. fat
2. fatty

Derived terms

• àcid gras
• grassesa
• grassofòbia
• grassor

 

Related terms

• greix

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, 2024
• “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)

1. (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

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/

• 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.

Derived terms

• addertje onder het gras
• baardgras
• biestarwegras
• blote billetjes in het gras
• buntgras
• citroengras
• doddegras
• Engels gras
• grasduin
• grasfalt
• grashalm
• grasland
• grasmaaier
• grasmat
• grasparkiet
• graspieper
• graspol
• grassoort
• grasspriet
• grasveld
• grasvlakte
• graszanger
• hardgras
• helmgras
• kransgras
• kunstgras
• langbaardgras
• liefdegras
• trilgras
• wollegras
• zeegras

 

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)

1. grass

Declension

Declension of gras
n12	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gras	grasið	grøs	grøsini
accusative	gras	grasið	grøs	grøsini
dative	grasi	grasinum	grøsum	grøsunum
genitive	gras	grasins	grasa	grasanna

French

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

Derived terms

• faire ses choux gras
• foie gras
• grasse matinée
• jeudi gras
• mardi gras
• matière grasse
• toux grasse

 

Noun

gras m (plural gras)

1. 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

1. fat

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

gras

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

Gothic

Romanization

gras

1. 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)

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

Declension

Declension of gras
n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gras	grasið	grös	grösin
accusative	gras	grasið	grös	grösin
dative	grasi	grasinu	grösum	grösunum
genitive	grass	grassins	grasa	grasanna

Derived terms

• á næstu grösum
• bíta gras
• gervigras
• grasi vaxinn
• kenna margra grasa
• smjörgras

 

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

1. grass

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• gars, gers

Descendants

• Dutch: gras
  • Afrikaans: gras
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: grasa
  • Jersey Dutch: x'rās, grās
  • Negerhollands: 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)

1. A grass (A plant in the family Poaceae or of similar appearance to those plants)
2. Any plant; especially a herbaceous one; a herb.
3. (medicine) A plant or herb reputed to have medicinal or curative properties.
4. The lamina of a leaf or a leaf in general.
5. Ground planted with grass; grassy land; a pasture or meadow.
6. Fodder; grass used to feed animals (especially livestock).

Alternative forms

• grasse, gresse, gres, gers, grece, græs, grace, gars, grys, grisse, grese

Related terms

• garsavese
• grasen
• grasgrene
• grashope
• grassen
• grasy
• greceles
• gressehopper
• peny gras

 

Descendants

• English: grass
  • Tok Pisin: gras, garas
  • Fiji Hindi: giraas
• Scots: gress, gres, grais, graiss, grase, gers, girs

References

• “gras, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.

Etymology 2

Noun

gras

1. Alternative form of grace

Norman

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.

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)

1. alternative form of gress

Derived terms

• alfagras

References

• “gras” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

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Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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

Derived terms

• alfagras
• grashall
• kunstgras

References

• “gras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Verb

grās

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

Old Norse

FWOTD – 7 August 2014

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, […]

Declension

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gras	grasit	grǫs	grǫsin
accusative	gras	grasit	grǫs	grǫsin
dative	grasi	grasinu	grǫsum	grǫsunum
genitive	grass	grassins	grasa	grasanna

  Declension of gras (strong a-stem)

Derived terms

• blágresi (“geranium”)
• blómgresi (“flower”)
• grasaðr (“prepared with herbs”)
• grasbítr (“herbivore, beast”)
• grasdalr (“grassy dale”)
• grasgarðr (“garden”)
• grasgeilar (“grassy lanes”)
• grasgott (“with good crop of grass”)
• grasgrœnn (“grass-green”)
• graslaukr (“garlic”)
• graslauss (“grassless”)
• grasleysa, grasleysi (“grassless ground, barrenness”)
• grasligr (“grassy”)
• grasloðinn (“thick with grass”)
• grasloðna (“grassy spot”)
• graslægr (“lying in the grass”)
• grasmikill (“rich in grass”)
• grasnautn (“grazing”)
• grasrán (“'grass-stealing'”)
• grasránsbaugr (“fine for grazing”)
• grasrœtr (“roots of herbs or grass”)
• grassetr (“'grass-farming'”)
• grassótt (“grass-fever”)
• grastó (“grassy spot among cliffs”)
• grasvaxinn (“grown with grass”)
• grasverð (“fine for grazing”)
• grasvǫllr (“grassy field”)
• grasvǫxtr (“growing of grass”)
• stargresi (“sedge”)
• íllgresi (“weed”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: gras
• Faroese: gras
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: gress, gras (< *grasja-)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gras
• Old Swedish: græs, gras (hapax legomena)
  • Swedish: gräs (< *grasja-)
• Danish: græs (< *grasja-)
• Elfdalian: gras
• Gutnish: gras

References

• gras in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• gras in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

gras n

1. 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)

1. fat

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin grassus. Doublet of cras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡras/

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Adjective

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

1. fat

Declension

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	gras		grasă	grași	grase
	definite	grasul		grasa	grașii	grasele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	gras		grase	grași	grase
	definite	grasului		grasei	grașilor	graselor

Declension of gras

Derived terms

• ardei gras
• grăsan
• grăsime
• grăsuț

Related terms

• grăsun
• îngrășa

See also

• gros

Tok Pisin

FWOTD – 19 December 2012

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

Derived terms

• asgras
• gras bilong ai
• gras bilong het
• gras nogut
• gras usket, gras asket
• maus gras

 

Welsh

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)

Derived terms

• anras (“blight, evil”)
• gras anorchfygol (“irresistible grace”)
• gras Duw (“hedgehyssop”)
• grasus (“gracious”)
• moddion gras (“means of grace”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gras

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gras	ras	ngras	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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