grat

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See also: Grat, GRAT, grät, and gråt

English

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Etymology

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Shortening.

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Noun

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grat (plural grats)

  1. (slang) A gratuity or tip.
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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Latin grātus.

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Adjective

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grat (feminine grata, masculine plural grats, feminine plural grates)

  1. (of a sensation) nice, pleasant

Derived terms

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Noun

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grat m (plural grats)

  1. taste, preference
    Synonym: gust
    no és del meu gratit's not to my taste

Further reading

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Lower Sorbian

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Verb

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grat

  1. supine of graś

North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian grāt, which derives from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Cognates include West Frisian grut.

Adjective

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grat (comparative grater, superlative gratst)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) big, great, large.
  2. (Föhr-Amrum) tall
    grat beest?
    How tall are you?

Usage notes

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After an indefinite article preceding a masculine noun grat changes to graten.

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German geræte (equipment).

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Noun

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grat m animal

  1. (informal, derogatory) piece of junk; useless or broken item
    Synonyms: rupieć, złom
  2. (informal, derogatory) clunker, decrepit car
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gruchot
  3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) gear, equipment
    Synonyms: sprzęt, manele

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Further reading

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

Scots

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Verb

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grat

  1. simple past tense of greet