# gras
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch gras.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gras (plural grasse)
* 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
* (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)
* fat

#### Derived terms

* grãsic
* grãsimi

#### Related terms

* ngrash / ngrãshedz
* dizgrash / dizgrãshedz

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin grassus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɾas]

### Adjective

gras (feminine grassa, masculine plural grassos, feminine plural grasses)
* fat
* 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, 2025
* “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)
* (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

## Cornish
### Etymology 1

From English grace.

#### Noun

gras m (plural grassow)
* grace
* thanks

##### Derived terms

* godhvos gras a (“give thanks to”, verb)
* grasek (“grateful”)
* grassa (“thank”, verb)
* grasstal (“tip”)
* grassyes (“graceful, gracious”)
* meur ras (“thank you”)
* meur ras dhe jy (“many thanks”)

#### Mutation
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

gras
* Soft mutation of kras (“toast (collective)”).

#### Adjective

gras
* Soft mutation of kras (“toasted, crisp, parched”).

## 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: /ɣrɑs/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Belgium):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑs

### Noun

gras n (plural grassen, diminutive grasje n)
* 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: /kɹɛaːs/

### Noun

gras n (genitive singular gras, plural grøs)
* grass

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French gras, from Late Latin grassus. Doublet of crasse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʁa/ ~ /ɡʁɑ/
* Audio; “le gras”:(file)

### Adjective

gras (feminine grasse, masculine plural gras, feminine plural grasses)
* fat
* (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)
* 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
* fat

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

gras
* singular imperative of grasen
* (colloquial) first-person singular present of grasen

## Gothic
### Romanization

gras
* Romanization of 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kraːs/
* Rhymes: -aːs

### Noun

gras n (genitive singular grass, nominative plural grös)
* 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."
* (in the plural) Icelandic moss
* (slang) grass, marijuana

#### 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
* 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: /ɡras/, /ɡraːs/, /ɡrɛːs/, /ɡrɛs/, /ɡɛrs/

#### Noun

gras (plural grasses or gras)
* A grass (A plant in the family Poaceae or of similar appearance to those plants)
* Any plant; especially a herbaceous one; a herb.
* (medicine) A plant or herb reputed to have medicinal or curative properties.
* The lamina of a leaf or a leaf in general.
* Ground planted with grass; grassy land; a pasture or meadow.
* 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
* Alternative form of grace

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French gras, from Late Latin crassus.

### Adjective

gras m
* (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)
* alternative form of gress

#### Derived terms

* alfagras

### References

* “gras” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse gras. Akin to English grass.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrɑːs/

### Noun

gras n (definite singular graset, indefinite plural gras, definite plural grasa)
* grass

#### Derived terms

* alfagras
* grashall
* kunstgras

### References

* “gras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Verb

grās
* first/third-person singular preterite indicative of grīsan

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

### Pronunciation

* (12th century Icelandic) IPA: /ˈɡrɑs/

### Noun

gras n (genitive grass, plural grǫs)
* 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.
* (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, […]

#### 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

### Further reading

* Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “gras”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 211
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gras”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

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

### Noun

gras n
* 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: /ˈɡras/

### Adjective

gras (feminine grasa, masculine plural grës, feminine plural grasi)
* fat

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin grassus. Doublet of cras.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡras/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* ardei gras
* grăsan
* grăsime
* grăsuț

#### Related terms

* grăsun
* îngrășa

#### See also

* gros

## Tok Pisin
### Alternative forms

* garas

### Etymology

From English grass.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɾas/

### Noun

gras
* 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."
* 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)
* grace, favour
* forgiveness, pardon
* beauty, charm
* (countable) grace (short prayer)

#### Derived terms

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

### Mutation

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