grosso
See also: Grosso
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin grossus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔs.so/
- Rhymes: -ɔsso
- Hyphenation: gròs‧so
Adjective
grosso (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossi, feminine plural grosse, superlative grossissimo, diminutive grossétto, augmentative grossóne)
- big, large
- fat
- Carlo il Grosso ― Charles the Fat
- thick
- heavy
- Synonym: massiccio
- rough (of the sea)
Derived terms
- grossamente
- ingrossare
- sgrossare
Noun
grosso m (plural grossi)
- the main part of something
- (numismatics) groschen
Further reading
- grosso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
grosso on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡros.soː/, [ˈɡrɔs̠ːoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡros.so/, [ˈɡrɔsːo]
Adjective
grossō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of grossus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese grosso, from Latin grossus, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷres-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾo.su/
- Hyphenation: gros‧so
Adjective
grosso (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossos, feminine plural grossas, comparable, comparative mais grosso, superlative o mais grosso or grossíssimo, metaphonic)
- dense; thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)
- viscous; thick (having consistency between solid and liquid)
- crude; unrefined (of low quality)
- (of a person) rude; uncouth; uncivil (without manners)
- (of texture) rough (not plain; with friction)
- (of sound) deep (low in pitch)
- obscene; distasteful; vulgar (offensive to morality)
- (slang) aboundant (in high quantity)
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: grós
- → Ambonese Malay: garos