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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch grossier, from Middle French grossier.
Pronunciation
Noun
grossier m (plural grossiers, diminutive grossiertje n)
- a wholesaler
- Synonym: groothandelaar
Derived terms
- grossierderij
- grossieren
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
grossier (feminine grossière, masculine plural grossiers, feminine plural grossières)
- coarse (physically, not fine)
- Antonym: fin
- shoddy (not well-made)
- (of a person's character) coarse
- rude, uncouth
- 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
- Ma sœur nous a salués, comblée Ça va les amoureux ? et les autres ont applaudi. J'ai trouvé ce comportement grossier.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (of an error) gross
- grossière erreur d'arbitrage ― gross refereeing error
Derived terms
Further reading
- “grossier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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