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Gros
Gros
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Gros
gros
gros
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.
Adjective
gros m (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossos, feminine plural grosses)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gros, from Old French gros, from Latin grossus.
Pronunciation
Noun
gros n (plural grossen, diminutive grosje n)
- gross; a dozen dozens, 144
 - largest part, largest proportion, majority
 
Synonyms
- (largest part): merendeel
 
See also
French
Etymology
From Old French gros, from Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁo/
 
Adjective
gros m (feminine singular grosse, masculine plural gros, feminine plural grosses)
Synonyms
Related terms
Norman
Etymology
From Old French gros, from Latin grossus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Pronunciation
- (Jersey)
 
Adjective
gros m
Derived terms
- gros deigt (“thumb”)
 - grôssement
 
Old French
Etymology
From Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.
Adjective
gros m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grose or grosse)
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /gros/
 
Adjective
gros m, n (feminine singular groasă, masculine plural groși, feminine and neuter plural groase)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
|  nominative/  accusative  | 
	indefinite | gros | groasă | groși | groase | ||
| definite | grosul | groasa | groșii | groasele | |||
|  genitive/  dative  | 
	indefinite | gros | groase | groși | groase | ||
| definite | grosului | groasei | groșilor | groaselor | |||
Antonyms
Derived terms
See also
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡróː/
 - Tonal orthography: grọ̑
 
Noun
grós m inan (genitive grósa, nominative plural grósi)
- A gross, 144.
 
Declension
As the -s- is not pronounced, the stem really ends in a vowel, and is extended with -j- when endings are attached. In writing, the declension can be either soft (following the pronunciation) or hard (following the spelling).
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