English Online Dictionary. What means gratis? What does gratis mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gratis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑː.tɪs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹætɪs/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːtɪs
Adjective
gratis (not comparable)
- Free: without charge.
- Synonyms: costless, feeless, free of charge; free as in beer
- Antonym: see at nonfree
- Coordinate terms: libre, free as in speech
Translations
Adverb
gratis (not comparable)
- In a free way: without charge.
- Synonyms: costlessly, free of charge
Related terms
- gratuity
- gratuitous
Translations
See also
- libre
Anagrams
- striga, trigas
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch gratis, from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈχrɑːtəs/, [ˈχrɔːtəs]
Adverb
gratis
- free, without charge
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɾa.tis]
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin grātīs.
Adverb
gratis
- free, for free
- Synonyms: de franc, gratuïtament
Etymology 2
Verb
gratis
- second-person singular present subjunctive of gratar
Further reading
- “gratis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From Latin grātīs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡraːtɪs]
Adverb
gratis
- free, without charge
- Synonyms: zdarma, zadarmo, zadarmiko, zadara
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡraːtis/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɑːd̥is]
- Hyphenation: gra‧tis
Adjective
gratis (neuter gratis, plural and definite singular attributive gratis)
- gratis, free (obtainable without payment)
Adverb
gratis
- gratis, free (without needing to pay)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣraːtɪs/
- Hyphenation: gra‧tis
Adjective
gratis (not comparable)
- free, without charge
- Synonyms: kosteloos, koefnoen
Declension
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gratis
- → Caribbean Javanese: gratis
- → Indonesian: gratis
- → Javanese: ꦒꦿꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (gratis)
Esperanto
Verb
gratis
- past of grati
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin grātīs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.tis/
Adverb
gratis
- free, without charge, gratis
- Synonym: gratuitement
Adjective
gratis (invariable)
- free; for free, without charge
- Synonym: gratuit
Further reading
- “gratis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Alternative forms
- grátis (reintegrationist)
Etymology
From Latin gratis.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -atis
- Hyphenation: gra‧tis
Adjective
gratis (invariable)
- free, without charge
- Synonym: gratuíto
Adverb
gratis
- free, without charge
- Synonym: gratuitamente
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin grātīs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁaːtɪs/
Adverb
gratis
- free, without charge
- Synonyms: umsonst, kostenlos, kostenfrei
Further reading
- “gratis” in Duden online
- “gratis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch gratis, from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡratis/ [ˈɡra.t̪ɪs]
- Rhymes: -atis
- Syllabification: gra‧tis
Adjective
gratis
- free, without charge
- Synonyms: cuma-cuma, percuma
- Kopi ini aku dapat dengan gratis. ― I got this coffee for free.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “gratis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin gratis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡra.tis/
- Rhymes: -atis
- Hyphenation: grà‧tis
Adverb
gratis
- for free, gratis
- Synonym: gratuitamente
Adjective
gratis (invariable)
- free
- Synonym: gratuito
Related terms
- a gratis
Further reading
- gratis in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- stragi, striga
Latin
Etymology
Contracted from grātiīs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡraː.tiːs/, [ˈɡräːt̪iːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡra.tis/, [ˈɡräːt̪is]
Adverb
grātīs (not comparable)
- out of favor or kindness, without recompense or compensation, gratuitously, freely
Synonyms
- grātuītō
Related terms
Descendants
References
- gratis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “gratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gratis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gratis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Malay
Etymology
From Dutch gratis, from Latin grātīs, contraction of grātiīs.
Adjective
gratis (Jawi spelling ݢراتيس)
- (Indonesia) free, without charge
Synonyms
- (Malaysia) percuma
Further reading
- “gratis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin grātīs.
Adjective
gratis (indeclinable)
- free (obtainable without payment)
Derived terms
- gratisavis
References
- “gratis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin grātīs.
Adjective
gratis (indeclinable)
- free (obtainable without payment)
Derived terms
- gratisavis
References
- “gratis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin grātīs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡra.tis/
- Rhymes: -atis
- Syllabification: gra‧tis
Noun
gratis m inan
- perquisite, free gift
Declension
Adverb
gratis (not comparable)
- gratis, free of charge
- Synonyms: bezpłatnie, darmo, darmowo, nieodpłatnie, za darmo
- Antonyms: odpłatnie, płatnie
Derived terms
Further reading
- gratis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gratis in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Adverb
gratis (not comparable)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of grátis.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gratis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡra.tis]
Adverb
gratis
- free of charge, for free
Adjective
gratis m or f or n (indeclinable)
- free of charge, for free
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin grātīs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾatis/ [ˈɡɾa.t̪is]
- Rhymes: -atis
- Syllabification: gra‧tis
Adjective
gratis (invariable)
- free, without charge
- Synonym: gratuito
Derived terms
Adverb
gratis
- free, without charge
- Synonym: gratuitamente
Further reading
- “gratis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adverb
gratis (not comparable)
- free, without charge
Adjective
gratis (not inflected, not comparable)
- free, without charge
Further reading
- gratis in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- gratis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
- girats, stigar, trasig