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gratis

French, adjective/ɡʁa.tis/

gratis is spelled G-R-A-T-I-S (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gratis is a French adjective meaning “free; for free, without charge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gratuit”.

What does gratis mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    free, without charge, gratis

adjective

  1. 1

    free; for free, without charge

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Sans qu’il en coûte rien, gratuitement.

adjective: 1. Gratuit.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce gratis?

  • /ɡʁa.tis/
  • \ɡʁa.tis\
  • [gʁa.tis]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gratis

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gratis in French?

gratis appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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