gras

Etymology

From Dutch gras.

Noun

gras (plural grasse)

1. grass

Noun

gras

1. (Gressoney, Formazza) grass

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Alternative forms

• grasu, greas, greasu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin grassus, from Latin crassus. Compare Romanian gras.

Adjective

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

1. fat

Etymology

From Latin grassus, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

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

1. fat
2. fatty

Noun

gras m (plural [please provide])

1. (Sette Comuni) grass

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɑs/

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• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

gras n (plural grassen, diminutive grasje n)

1. 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

From Old French gras, from Vulgar Latin *grassus from Latin crassus; cf. also the Old French form cras. Doublet of crasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ/

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Adjective

gras (feminine singular 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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gars

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin grassus, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

gras

1. fat

Verb

gras

1. Imperative singular 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

Etymology

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

Noun

gras n

1. grass

Further reading

• “gras”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “gras”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Old French grace.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

gras m

1. (Jersey) fat

Etymology

From Old Norse gras

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.

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, […]

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.

Etymology

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

Noun

gras n

1. grass

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡras/

Adjective

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

1. fat

Etymology

English grass

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾas/

Noun

gras

1. grass; vegetation
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:11 (translation here):

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

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