grosz

Unadapted borrowing from Polish grosz. Doublet of kurus.

• enPR: grôsh, IPA^(key): /ɡɹɔʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːʃ
• Homophone: grosze

grosz (plural grosz or groszy or grosze)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.
   • 1927 October 29, “Plans New Polish Coins. Cabinet Drafts Currency Scheme, With Ducat at 25 Zloty.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], volume LXXVII, number 25,480, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 August 2025, page 27, column 2:

     There will be silver coins of 5 and 2 zloty and nickel of 1 zloty and 50, 20 and 10 grosz, the divisions of the zloty. Bronze coins of 5, 2 and 1 grosz also will be issued.

Borrowed from Polish grosz, from Medieval Latin denarius grossus.

grosz m (definite singular groszen, indefinite plural groszy, definite plural groszane)

1. grosz

• groschen

• “grosz” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Old Czech groš, from Medieval Latin denarius grossus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔʂ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʂ
• Syllabification: grosz
• Homophone: Grosz

grosz m animal (diminutive grosik, abbreviation gr)

1. grosz

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