different between gras vs grae

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gras.

Noun

gras (plural grasse)

1. grass

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• gros

Etymology

From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, Proto-Germanic *gras?.

Cognate with German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Icelandic gras.

Noun

gras n

1. (Gressoney, Formazza) grass

References

• “gras” 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

Aromanian

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

Derived terms

• grãsic
• grãsimi

Related terms

• ngrash/ngrãshedz
• dizgrash/dizgrãshedz

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin grassus, from Latin crassus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. fat
2. fatty

Derived terms

• àcid gras
• 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.
• “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 *gras?. Cognate with German Gras, English grass.

Noun

gras m (plural gréezar)

1. (Sette Comuni) 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
• “gras” 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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gras, from Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *gras?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

gras n (plural grassen, diminutive grasje n)

1. grass

Derived terms

• citroengras
• grasduin
• grashalm
• grasland
• grasmaaier
• grasmat
• graspol
• grassoort
• grasspriet
• grasveld
• grasvlakte
• helmgras
• kunstgras
• zeegras

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gras
• ? Sranan Tongo: grasi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gras, from Proto-Germanic *gras?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??a?s/

Noun

gras n (genitive singular gras, plural grøs)

1. grass

Declension

French

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): /???/

Adjective

gras (feminine singular grasse, masculine plural gras, feminine plural grasses)

1. fat
2. (typography) bold

Derived terms

Noun

gras m (plural gras)

1. fat (animal tissue or substance resembling it)

Derived terms

• tailler le bout de gras

Further reading

• “gras” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gars

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin grassus, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

gras

1. fat

German

Pronunciation

Verb

gras

1. singular imperative of grasen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of grasen

Gothic

Romanization

gras

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gras, from Proto-Germanic *gras?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kra?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

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

Declension

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *gras?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow”).

Noun

gras n

1. grass

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• gars, gers

Descendants

• Dutch: gras
  • Afrikaans: gras
  • ? Sranan Tongo: grasi
• 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 *gras?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ras/, /?ra?s/, /?r??s/, /?r?s/, /??rs/

Noun

gras (plural grasses or gras)

1. A grass (A plant in the family Poaceae or of similar appearance to those plants)
2. Any plant; especially a herbaceous one; a herb.
3. (medicine) A plant or herb reputed to have medicinal or curative properties.
4. The lamina of a leaf or a leaf in general.
5. Ground planted with grass; grassy land; a pasture or meadow.
6. Fodder; grass used to feed animals (especially livestock).

Alternative forms

• grasse, gresse, gres, gers, grece, græs, grace, gars, grys, grisse, grese

Related terms

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

1. Alternative form of grace

Norman

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

gras m

1. (Jersey) fat

Derived terms

• grâssement

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gras (“grass, herbage; herb (with special powers)”), from Proto-Germanic *gras? (“grass”), from the root of *gr?an? (“to green, grow”) and *gr?niz (“green”), from Pre-Germanic *groh?-ni-s, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reH?- (“to grow (of plants)”).

Noun

gras n (definite singular graset, indefinite plural gras, definite plural grasa or grasene)

1. 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^(key): /?r??s/

Noun

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

1. grass

Derived terms

• alfagras
• grashall
• kunstgras

References

• “gras” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gras?, from Proto-Indo-European *??reh?- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /??r?s/

Noun

gras n (genitive grass, plural gr?s)

1. grass, herbage
   • V?luspá, 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, […]

Declension

Derived terms

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

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.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *gras?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow”).

Noun

gras n

1. grass

Descendants

• Middle Low German: gras
  • Dutch Low Saxon: gras
  • German Low German: Gras
    • Plautdietsch: Grauss

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *grassus, from Latin crassus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ras/

Adjective

gras m or n (feminine singular gras?, masculine plural gra?i, feminine and neuter plural grase)

1. fat

Declension

Derived terms

• ardei gras
• gr?san
• gr?sime
• gr?su?

Related terms

• gr?sun
• îngr??a

See also

• gros

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• garas

Etymology

English grass

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??as/

Noun

gras

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

Derived terms