gross
English
/ɡɹəʊs/, /ɡɹoʊs/
adj
Definitions
- (of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
- (of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
- (science) Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
- (slang) Causing disgust.
- Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
- (of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
- (of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.
- (archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.
- (now) Difficult or impossible to see through.
- (obsolete) Easy to perceive.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gross (monstrous, entire, whole, flagrant) derived from Old French gros (large, big, stout, thick) derived from Latin grossus (thick, large), grossus (thick, large) derived from Old High German grōz (thick, big, coarse, large, great) derived from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (coarse, big, coarse grained, large, big in size, crude, unrefined, thick, great) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (put down, fell, fall in).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ghrewə-
Gloss
put down, fell, fall in
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Great Britain English
- child-great English
- great English
- great grandmaster English
- great great great grandfather English
- great great great grandmother English
- great-great-grandchild English
- great-great-grandfather English
- great-great-grandma English
- great-great-grandmother English
- great-great-grandparent English
- great-great-grandson English
- great-hearted English
- greatcoat English
- greaten English
- greathearted English
- greatly English
- greatness English
- greatsome English
- greatsword English
- grossen English
- grossening English
- grossification English
- grossish English
- grossly English
- grossness English
- grossology English
- nongreat English
- outgross English
- overgreat English
- overgross English
- ungreat English
- *groscellu Latin
- *grossies Latin
- *ingrossiāre Latin
- grandem Latin
- grandem, grandis Latin
- grossus Latin
- ingrossō Latin
- Großadmiral German
- Großbauer German
- Großcousin German
- Großcousine German
- Großdemonstration German
- Großdeutschland German
- Großdruckbuchstabe German
- Großflughafen German
- Großhandel German
- Großherzog German
- Großhändler German
- Großkatze German
- Großkopf-Ringelnatter German
- Großmacht German
- Großmutter German
- Großmärtyrer German
- Großoffensive German
- Großonkel German
- Großpudel German
- Großrechner German
- Großschreibung German
- Großteil German
- Großvater German
- Großverbraucher German
- Großwild German
- Größe German
- flächengroß German
- groß German
- großartig German
- großdeutsch German
- großenteils German
- großflächig German
- großgewachsen German
- großherzig German
- großjährig German
- großkalibrig German
- großschreiben German
- großstädtisch German
- großtechnisch German
- großäugig German
- handtellergroß German
- jupitergroß German
- mittelgroß German
- riesengroß German
- taubeneigroß German
- übergroß German
- garas Hungarian
- grosso Italian
- Grootoosten Dutch, Flemish
- groot Dutch, Flemish
- grootbrengen Dutch, Flemish
- grootcommandeur Dutch, Flemish
- grootduizend Dutch, Flemish
- grootgrondbezitter Dutch, Flemish
- grootgrutter Dutch, Flemish
- groothandel Dutch, Flemish
- grootheid Dutch, Flemish
- groothoeklens Dutch, Flemish
- groothonderd Dutch, Flemish
- grootindustrieel Dutch, Flemish
- grootkapitaal Dutch, Flemish
- grootmacht Dutch, Flemish
- grootmeester Dutch, Flemish
- grootmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- grootoorkitvos Dutch, Flemish
- grootoorvos Dutch, Flemish
- grootschalig Dutch, Flemish
- grootstad Dutch, Flemish
- grootte Dutch, Flemish
- grootvee Dutch, Flemish
- grootvorst Dutch, Flemish
- grootvorstendom Dutch, Flemish
- grootvorstin Dutch, Flemish
- grootzeil Dutch, Flemish
- grootzwaard Dutch, Flemish
- middelgroot Dutch, Flemish
- overgroot- Dutch, Flemish
- gros French
- grossier French
- grossièrement French
- grossièreté French
- grosísimo Spanish, Castilian
- grueso Spanish, Castilian
- *ghrewə- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰrewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷres- Proto-Indo-European
- *grautaz Proto-Germanic
- great Old English
- grēat Old English
- greet Middle English
- gross Middle English
- grósa Irish
- mórghrósa Irish
- gros Old French
- capgròs Catalan, Valencian
- gros Catalan, Valencian
- grossària Catalan, Valencian
- gros Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- grêt Welsh
- gros Middle Dutch
- grôot Middle Dutch
- groz Old High German
- grozi Old High German
- grōz Old High German
- groot Afrikaans
- gros Norman
- grōz Middle High German
- grouss Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- גראָשן Yiddish
- *graut gmw-pro
- grot Old Dutch
- grōt Old Dutch
- grosso Old Portuguese
- grot Old Saxon
- grōt Old Saxon
- gros Aromanian
- gruuss Alemannic German
- gròs Occitan
- gruesu Asturian
- grues Friulian
- grāt Old Frisian
- rossu Sicilian
- gruas Dalmatian
- gross Pennsylvania German
- jruß Central Franconian
- gruosso Neapolitan
- gross Piedmontese
- great
- greatly
- grossly
- greaten
- grossen
- ungreat
- outgross
- nongreat
- grossish
- overgross
- grossness
- greatness
- greatsome
- greatcoat
- overgreat
- greatsword
- grossology
- grossening
- child-great
- greathearted
- great-hearted
- Great Britain
- grossification
- great grandmaster
- great-great-grandma
- great-great-grandson
- great-great-grandchild
- great-great-grandparent
- great-great-grandfather
- great-great-grandmother
- great great great grandmother
- great great great grandfather