Grasse

See also: grasse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Grasse.

Proper noun

Grasse (countable and uncountable, plural Grasses)

(uncountabel) A placename:
1. A commune and town in the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
2. Ellipsis of Pays de Grasse..
(countable) A habitational surname from French.

Translations

town

French: Grasse (fr)
Italian: Grassa
Occitan: Grasso
Russian: Грас (ru) m (Gras)

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Grasse is the 40016^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Grasse is most common among White (96.9%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Grasse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 77.

Anagrams

Gasser, Grases, SEGRAs, gasers, gasser, sarges, segars

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁas/

Proper noun

Grasse ?

a surname, Grasse
Grasse; A placename
1. A commune and town in the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
2. Ellipsis of Pays de Grasse.

Derived terms

de Grasse
de la Grasse
la Grasse
le Grasse

Descendants

English: Grasse

Further reading

Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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