gratis
See also: grátis
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
gratis (not comparable)
- Free, without charge.
- Synonym: (used in the free software movement to distinguish from libre, "free as in speech") free as in beer
Translations
free of charge — see free of charge
Adverb
gratis (not comparable)
- Free, without charge.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- I know not how they sold themselves: but thou, like a kind fellow, gavest thyself away gratis; and I thank thee for thee.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 45:
- Reaſon, you roague, reaſon: thinkſt thou Ile endanger my soule, gratis?
Related terms
Translations
free, without charge — see for free
See also
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Catalan
Further reading
- “gratis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡraːtɪs]
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡraːtis/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɑːd̥is]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gra‧tis
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣraːtɪs/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: gra‧tis
Inflection
| Inflection of gratis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gratis | |||
| inflected | gratis | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | gratis | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gratis | ||
| n. sing. | gratis | |||
| plural | gratis | |||
| definite | gratis | |||
| partitive | gratis | |||
Descendants
Esperanto
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.tis/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “gratis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -atis
- Hyphenation: gra‧tis
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁaːtɪs/
Audio (file)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡratis]
- Hyphenation: gra‧tis
Audio (file)
Adjective
gratis
Derived terms
- gratisan
- menggratiskan
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡra.tis/
- Rhymes: -atis
- Hyphenation: grà‧tis
Related terms
Further reading
- gratis in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Contracted from grātiīs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) 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
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
- a thing costs nothing: aliquid nihilo or gratis constat
Malay
Synonyms
- (Malaysia) percuma
Further reading
- “gratis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡra.tis/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -atis
- Syllabification: gra‧tis
Declension
Adverb
gratis (not comparable)
- gratis, free of charge
- Synonyms: bezpłatnie, darmo, darmowo, nieodpłatnie, za darmo
- Antonyms: odpłatnie, płatnie
Derived terms
adjective
- gratisowy
adverb
- gratisowo
Portuguese
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡra.tis]
Audio (file)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾatis/ [ˈɡɾa.t̪is]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -atis
- Syllabification: gra‧tis
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gratis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Pronunciation
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