grosz

grosz

See also: Grosz and Grósz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish grosz. Doublet of kurus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: grôsh, IPA^(key): /ɡɹɔʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːʃ
• Homophone: grosze

Noun

grosz (plural groszy or grosze)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.

Translations

one hundredth of a Polish zloty

Albanian: grosh (sq) m Arabic: قِرْش‎ (ar) m (qirš) Armenian: գրոշ (hy) (groš) Belarusian: грош m (hroš) Bulgarian: грош m (groš) Czech: groš (cs) m Georgian: გროში (groši) German: Groschen (de) m, Grosz (de) m Macedonian: грош m (groš) Polish: grosz (pl) m Russian: грош (ru) m (groš) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гро̏ш m Roman: grȍš (sh) m Slovak: groš (sk) m Slovene: groš m Ukrainian: грош (uk) m (hroš)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish grosz, from Medieval Latin denarius grossus.

Noun

grosz m (definite singular groszen, indefinite plural groszy, definite plural groszane)

1. grosz

Related terms

• groschen

References

• “grosz” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech groš, from Medieval Latin denarius grossus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔʂ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʂ
• Syllabification: grosz
• Homophone: Grosz

Noun

grosz m anim (abbreviation gr, diminutive grosik)

1. grosz

Declension

Declension of grosz

	singular	plural
nominative	grosz	grosze
genitive	grosza	groszy
dative	groszowi	groszom
accusative	grosza	grosze
instrumental	groszem	groszami
locative	groszu	groszach
vocative	groszu	grosze

Derived terms

adjective

• groszowy

 

noun

• groszówka

 

Related terms

noun

• pięćdziesięciogroszówka

 

Further reading

• grosz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• grosz in Polish dictionaries at PWN