adj
Meaning 1
With a rough texture; not smooth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coarse
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: kôs
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Received-Pronunciation: /kɔːs/
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General-American: kôrs
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General-American: /kɔɹs/
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General-American: [kho̞ɹs]
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kōrs rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/ko(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/koəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s
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homophone: course
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CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Composed of large particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- coarse sand
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- coarse manners
- coarse language
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Unrefined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Of inferior quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file.
- She detests visiting coarse places.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- coarse meal
- coarse sand
- a coarse weave
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harsh
Antonyms: fine
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
- behavior that branded him as common
- an untutored and uncouth human being
- an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy
- appealing to the vulgar taste for violence
- the vulgar display of the newly rich
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
of low or inferior quality or value- Shakespeare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- of what coarse metal ye are molded
- produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: common
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Adjectival use of course that diverged in spelling in the 18th century. The sense developed from '(following) the usual course' (cf. of course) to 'ordinary, common' to 'lacking refinement', with 'not fine, granular' arising from its application to cloth. Compare the development of mean.
Across languages
Translations
152 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: خَشِن (ḵašin) — with a rough texture
- Armenian: կոշտ (košt) — with a rough texture
- Armenian: կոպիտ (kopit) — with a rough texture
- Danish: grov — with a rough texture
- Esperanto: malglata — with a rough texture
- Estonian: kare — with a rough texture
- Finnish: karkea — with a rough texture
- Finnish: karhea — with a rough texture
- French: grossier — with a rough texture
- German: rau — with a rough texture
- German: belegt — with a rough texture
- Hungarian: durva — with a rough texture
- Portuguese: áspero — with a rough texture
- Portuguese: rugoso — with a rough texture
- Portuguese: ríspido — with a rough texture
- Spanish: áspero — with a rough texture
- Spanish: ríspido — with a rough texture
- Swedish: grov — with a rough texture
- Thai: หยาบ (yàap) — with a rough texture
- Thai: ขรุขระ (krù-krà) — with a rough texture
- Arabic: ثَخِن (ṯaḵin) — containing large particles
- Bashkir: эре (ere) — containing large particles
- Biatah Bidayuh: gurot — containing large particles
- Bulgarian: едрозърнест (edrozǎrnest) — containing large particles
- Czech: hrubý — containing large particles
- Czech: drsný — containing large particles
- Danish: grovkornet — containing large particles
- Esperanto: kruda — containing large particles
- Finnish: karkea — containing large particles
- French: grossier — containing large particles
- Galician: tarosco — containing large particles
- Galician: xoto — containing large particles
- Galician: brosmo — containing large particles
- Galician: basto — containing large particles
- Galician: groufo — containing large particles
- German: grob — containing large particles
- German: grobkörnig — containing large particles
- Ancient Greek: χονδρός (khondrós) — containing large particles
- Hebrew: גַּס (gas) — containing large particles
- Hungarian: durva — containing large particles
- Italian: grossolano — containing large particles
- Italian: grezzo — containing large particles
- Italian: grosso — containing large particles
- Japanese: 粗い (arai) — containing large particles
- Malay: kasar — containing large particles
- Māori: kaitara — containing large particles
- Māori: matanui — containing large particles
- Portuguese: grosso — containing large particles
- Portuguese: espesso — containing large particles
- Russian: кру́пный (krúpnyj) — containing large particles
- Swedish: grov — containing large particles
- Thai: หยาบ (yàap) — containing large particles
- Tocharian B: aśāwe — containing large particles
- Tocharian B: śāwe — containing large particles
- Ottoman Turkish: ایری (iri) — containing large particles
- Ukrainian: гру́бий (hrúbyj) — containing large particles
- Armenian: կոպիտ (kopit) — of inferior quality
- Bulgarian: долнокачествен (dolnokačestven) — of inferior quality
- Catalan: groller — of inferior quality
- Catalan: bast — of inferior quality
- Chinese Mandarin: 粗糙的 (cūcāo de) — of inferior quality
- Czech: hrubý — of inferior quality
- Danish: grov — of inferior quality
- Dutch: ruw — of inferior quality
- Dutch: grof — of inferior quality
- Esperanto: kruda — of inferior quality
- Finnish: karkea — of inferior quality
- French: brut — of inferior quality
- Galician: tordelán — of inferior quality
- Galician: esguerio — of inferior quality
- Galician: brosmo — of inferior quality
- German: grob — of inferior quality
- Hebrew: גַּס (gas) — of inferior quality
- Hebrew: נָחוּת (nakhut) — of inferior quality
- Hungarian: durva — of inferior quality
- Ido: kruda — of inferior quality
- Italian: rude — of inferior quality
- Italian: grossolano — of inferior quality
- Japanese: 粗い (arai) — of inferior quality
- Latvian: rupjš — of inferior quality
- Middle English: cours — of inferior quality
- Norwegian Bokmål: grov — of inferior quality
- Norwegian Nynorsk: grov — of inferior quality
- Portuguese: grosseiro — of inferior quality
- Romanian: de proastă calitate — of inferior quality
- Romanian: grosolan — of inferior quality
- Romanian: brut — of inferior quality
- Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — of inferior quality
- Russian: черново́й (černovój) — of inferior quality
- Russian: необрабо́танный (neobrabótannyj) — of inferior quality
- Russian: низкока́чественный (nizkokáčestvennyj) — of inferior quality
- Spanish: tosco — of inferior quality
- Spanish: grosero — of inferior quality
- Spanish: burdo — of inferior quality
- Spanish: chabacano — of inferior quality
- Spanish: ramplón — of inferior quality
- Swedish: grov — of inferior quality
- Thai: หยาบ (yàap) — of inferior quality
- Thai: หยาบคาย (yàap-kaai) — of inferior quality
- Bulgarian: груб (grub) — not refined
- Bulgarian: необработен (neobraboten) — not refined
- Catalan: brut — not refined
- Catalan: groller — not refined
- Chinese Mandarin: 粗躁 (cūzào) — not refined
- Chinese Mandarin: 粗魯 /粗鲁 (cūlǔ) — not refined
- Czech: hrubý — not refined
- Danish: grov — not refined
- Esperanto: kruda — not refined
- Finnish: karkea — not refined
- French: vulgaire — not refined
- Galician: rude — not refined
- Galician: burdallo — not refined
- Galician: labrusco — not refined
- Galician: marán — not refined
- Galician: matulán — not refined
- Galician: saloio — not refined
- Galician: támaro — not refined
- Galician: lurdio — not refined
- Galician: paizoco — not refined
- Galician: cazurlo — not refined
- Galician: baldrocas — not refined
- Galician: groseiro — not refined
- German: grob — not refined
- German: derb — not refined
- German: primitiv — not refined
- Hebrew: גַּס (gas) — not refined
- Hungarian: durva — not refined
- Irish: borb — not refined
- Italian: rozzo — not refined
- Italian: grezzo — not refined
- Italian: greggio — not refined
- Italian: sguaiato — not refined
- Latvian: rupjš — not refined
- Norwegian Bokmål: grov — not refined
- Norwegian Nynorsk: grov — not refined
- Portuguese: rude — not refined
- Portuguese: grosseiro — not refined
- Portuguese: ríspido — not refined
- Romanian: brut — not refined
- Romanian: grosier — not refined
- Romanian: grosolan — not refined
- Russian: гру́бый (grúbyj) — not refined
- Russian: вульга́рный (vulʹgárnyj) — not refined
- Russian: непристо́йный (nepristójnyj) — not refined
- Russian: неприли́чный (neprilíčnyj) — not refined
- Russian: поха́бный (poxábnyj) — not refined
- Spanish: grosero — not refined
- Spanish: soez — not refined
- Spanish: chocarrero — not refined
- Swedish: grov — not refined
- Ottoman Turkish: یوغون (yoğun) — not refined
- Ottoman Turkish: بیاغی (bayağı) — not refined
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