grat

See also: Grat, GRAT, grät, and gråt

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɹæt/
  • Rhymes: -æt

Noun

grat (plural grats)

  1. (slang) A gratuity or tip.

Anagrams

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrat/

Verb

grat

  1. supine of graś

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Adjective

grat (comparative grater, superlative gratst)

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

Usage notes

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

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German geræte (“equipment”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrat/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: grad

Noun

grat m anim

  1. (informal, derogatory) piece of junk; useless or broken item
  2. (informal, derogatory) clunker, decrepit car
  3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) gear, equipment

Declension
declension of grat
singular plural
nominative grat graty
genitive grata gratów
dative gratowi gratom
accusative grata graty
instrumental gratem gratami
locative gracie gratach
vocative gracie graty

Synonyms

Further reading
  • grat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Verb

grat

  1. simple past tense of greet
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