different between frat vs grat

English

Etymology

Apocope of fraternity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?æt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

frat (plural frats)

1. Shortened form of fraternity, college organization. (Often used as a noun modifier.)

   "See you at the frat house."

   "All the frats will be there."

Derived terms

Related terms

• fraternal
• fraternity

Translations

Anagrams

• FRTA, RTFA, TRAF, fart, raft, traf

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fra?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

frat n (genitive singular frats, no plural)

1. junk, rubbish, trash

Declension

Synonyms

• rusl
• drasl
• skran

Anagrams

• traf

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???at??/

Pronoun

frat (emphatic fratsa)

1. second-person singular of fré

References

• Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 306.

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

grat (plural grats)

1. (slang) A gratuity or tip.

Related terms

• autograt

Anagrams

• Targ, gart

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gr?tus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /???at/

Adjective

grat (feminine grata, masculine plural grats, feminine plural grates)

1. (of a sensation) nice, pleasant

Derived terms

• gratament
• malgrat

Noun

grat m (plural grats)

1. taste, preference

   Synonym: gust

Further reading

• “grat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “grat” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “grat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “grat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rat/

Verb

grat

1. supine of gra?

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gr?t, which derives from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Cognates include West Frisian grut.

Adjective

grat (comparative grater, superlative gratst)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) big, great, large.
2. (Föhr-Amrum) tall

   Hü grat beest?

   How tall are you?

Usage notes

After an indefinite article preceding a masculine noun grat changes to graten.

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German geræte (“equipment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rat/
• Homophone: grad

Noun

grat m anim

1. (informal, derogatory) piece of junk; useless or broken item

   Synonyms: rupie?, z?om

2. (informal, derogatory) clunker, decrepit car

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gruchot

3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) gear, equipment

   Synonyms: sprz?t, manele

Declension

Further reading

• grat in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• grat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Verb

grat

1. simple past tense of greet