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English

Alternative forms

• gramme (dated, chiefly British)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æm/
• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: graham (GenAm)

Etymology 1

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”). Doublet of gramma.

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

Translations

See also

• kilogram
• milligram
• List of SI units

Etymology 2

From obsolete Portuguese gram (modern Portuguese grão), from Latin gr?num. Doublet of grain.

Noun

gram (uncountable)

1. A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
2. (uncountable) The seeds of these plants.

Derived terms

• Bengal gram
• gram flour

Translations

Etymology 3

Diminutive of grandmother.

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. Grandmother.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???e?m/, /???æm/

Noun

gram (uncountable)

1. (US) Misspelling of graham.

Etymology 6

Clipping of Instagram.

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of 'gram

References

Further reading

• gram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gram (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MAgr, marg

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From French gramme.

Noun

gram m (plural grams)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Etymology 2

From Latin gr?men. Previously applied to grasses in general but now restricted to a few specific species.

Noun

gram m (plural grams)

1. Bermuda grass

Derived terms

• gram negre
• gramera
• gramós

Further reading

• “gram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ram]
• Hyphenation: gram
• Rhymes: -am

Noun

gram m inan

1. gram (unit)

Declension

Derived terms

• miligram
• centigram
• decigram
• dekagram
• kilogram

Further reading

• gram in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• gram in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gramr, cognates with the Icelandic gramur (“resentful, irritated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/, [????m?]

Adjective

gram

1. irate

Inflection

Related terms

• gram i hu

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?????? (grammá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/, [????m?]

Noun

gram n (singular definite grammet, plural indefinite gram)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?m/
• Hyphenation: gram
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma during the French Revolution, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Noun

gram n or m (plural grammen, diminutive grammetje n)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Derived terms

• centigram
• decagram
• decigram
• hectogram
• kilogram
• microgram
• milligram
• nanogram

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: gram

See also

• gewicht
• kilo

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gram (“wrath”).

Adjective

gram (comparative grammer, superlative gramst)

1. (rare) angry, irate

Etymology 3

Substantivization of the adjective above.

Noun

gram m (uncountable, diminutive grammetje n)

1. (rare) wrath

See also

• gramschap
• toorn
• wrevel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gram, from Old High German gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gram (not comparable)

1. angry

Further reading

• “gram” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch gram, from French gramme, from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ram]
• Hyphenation: gram

Noun

gram (first-person possessive gramku, second-person possessive grammu, third-person possessive gramnya)

1. gram: a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

Further reading

• “gram” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????am?/

Noun

gram m (genitive singular graim, nominative plural graim)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "gram" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Adjective

gram

1. angry
2. sad, upset

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: gram

Further reading

• “gram”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gram (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Old English gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz; cognate to Old Norse gramr. Related to grim.

Adjective

gram

1. Angry.
   • c. 1300, Havelok the Dane:

     For he knew, the swike dam, / Euerildel God was him gram.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma)

Noun

gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma or grammene)

1. a gram, unit of weight, symbol g.

Derived terms

• mikrogram

References

• “gram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “gram_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma)

Noun

gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma)

1. a gram, unit of weight, symbol g.

Derived terms

• mikrogram

References

• “gram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?m/

Adjective

gram

1. angry, hostile

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/

Etymology 1

Noun

gram m inan

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gram

1. first-person singular present indicative of gra?

Further reading

• gram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

gram m (plural grãos)

1. Obsolete spelling of grão

Descendants

• ? English: gram

Adjective

gram

1. Obsolete spelling of grão

Romanian

Etymology

From French gramme.

Noun

gram n (plural grame)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/

Noun

gram m (plural gramichean)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Mutation

Derived terms

• cileagram (“kilogram”)
• micreo-gram (“microgram”)

Related terms

• tunna (“tonne”)

References

• “gram” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?râm/

Noun

gr?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. gram (unit)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

gram n

1. gram (unit of mass)

Tatar

Noun

gram

1. Latin spelling of ???? (gram, “gram (unit of mass)”)

Declension

Volapük

Noun

gram (nominative plural grams)

1. gram

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English gras, gres, gers, from Old English græs, gærs (“grass, blade of grass, herb, young corn, hay, plant; pasture”), from Proto-West Germanic *gras (“grass”), from Proto-Germanic *gras? (“grass”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: gräs, IPA^(key): /????s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [?????s]
  • (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): [???ä?s], [?????s]
• • Rhymes: -??s
• enPR: gr?s, IPA^(key): /??æs/
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): [???æs], [?????s], [???e?s]
  • (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): [???as], [???æs]
  • Rhymes: -æs

Noun

grass (countable and uncountable, plural grasses)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grass
2. (countable) Various plants not in family Poaceae that resemble grasses.
3. (uncountable) A lawn.
4. (uncountable, slang) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
5. (countable, Britain, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:informant

6. (uncountable, physics) Sharp, closely spaced discontinuities in the trace of a cathode-ray tube, produced by random interference.
7. (uncountable, slang) Noise on an A-scope or similar type of radar display.
   • 1960, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, Radarman 3 & 2 (volume 1, page 49)

     The problem in radar detection is to have a signal to noise ratio that will allow the echo to be seen through the grass on the radar screen. The use of a long pulse allows a greater average signal strength to be returned in the target echoes.

   • 1963, Analysis of Weapons (page 61)

     Some of the scattered waves can be picked up by the receiver and may show up as "grass" on the radar presentation. Weather radars make use of this phenomenon to chart the progress of storms.

8. The season of fresh grass; spring or summer.

   Synonyms: breakup, spring, springtime

9. (obsolete, figuratively) That which is transitory.

   Synonym: ephemera
10. (countable, folk etymology) Asparagus; "sparrowgrass".
11. (mining) The surface of a mine.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: gras, garas
• ? Fiji Hindi: giraas

Translations

See also

• Poaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Grass (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

grass (third-person singular simple present grasses, present participle grassing, simple past and past participle grassed)

1. (transitive) To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).

   Synonyms: flatten, floor, lay low, lay out, knock down, knock out, knock over, strike down
2. (transitive or intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:rat out
3. (transitive) To cover with grass or with turf.
4. (transitive) To feed with grass.
5. (transitive) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.
6. (transitive) To bring to the grass or ground; to land.
   • 1903, John Buchan, The African Colony

     Let him hook and land a tigerfish of 20 lb., at the imminent risk of capsizing and joining the company of the engaging crocodiles, or, when he has grassed the fish, of having a finger bitten off by his iron teeth […]

Translations

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• gras (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *gras?. Cognate with German Gras, English grass.

Noun

grass m

1. (Luserna, Tredici Comuni) grass

References

• “grass” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin crassus. Compare French graisse.

Noun

grass m

1. fat