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prep_phrase · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Without paying; free.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We got all our food for free, it was included in the contract.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep_phrase

Meaning 2

Without effort; as a useful side-effect of something that was to be done anyway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • When they fixed that one bug, we got this new software feature for free.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

without payment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I'll give you this gratis

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gratis, free of charge

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَجَّانًا (majjānan) — without paying
  • Arabic: بلاش (balāš) — without paying
  • Arabic: بلاش (balāš) — without paying
  • Arabic: بلاش (balāš) — without paying
  • Asturian: de baldre — without paying
  • Bashkir: бушлай (buşlay) — without paying
  • Belarusian: бяспла́тна (bjasplátna) — without paying
  • Bulgarian: безпла́тно (bezplátno) — without paying
  • Catalan: de franc — without paying
  • Catalan: d’arròs — without paying
  • Catalan: gratis — without paying
  • Chinese Cantonese: 免費 /免费 (min5 fai3) — without paying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免費 /免费 (miǎnfèi) — without paying
  • Czech: zdarma — without paying
  • Czech: zadarmo — without paying
  • Czech: bezplatně — without paying
  • Danish: gratis — without paying
  • Dutch: gratis — without paying
  • Esperanto: senpage — without paying
  • Faroese: ókeypis — without paying
  • Fiji Hindi: muft — without paying
  • Finnish: ilmaiseksi — without paying
  • French: gratuitement — without paying
  • French: gratis — without paying
  • French: à l'œil — without paying
  • Galician: gratis — without paying
  • Galician: de balde — without paying
  • Galician: de moca — without paying
  • Georgian: უფასოდ (upasod) — without paying
  • Georgian: უსასყიდლოდ (usasq̇idlod) — without paying
  • German: kostenlos — without paying
  • German: gratis — without paying
  • German: für lau — without paying
  • German: umsonst — without paying
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌾𐍉 (arwjō) — without paying
  • Greek: δωρεάν (doreán) — without paying
  • Ancient Greek: δωρεάν (dōreán) — without paying
  • Hebrew: חינם (khinám) — without paying
  • Hindi: निःशुल्क (niḥśulk) — without paying
  • Hindi: मुफ़्त (muft) — without paying
  • Hungarian: ingyenesen — without paying
  • Hungarian: ingyen — without paying
  • Hungarian: díjmentesen — without paying
  • Hungarian: térítésmentesen — without paying
  • Indonesian: gratis — without paying
  • Indonesian: cuma-cuma — without paying
  • Ingrian: ilman — without paying
  • Irish: in aisce — without paying
  • Italian: gratis — without paying
  • Italian: a ufo — without paying
  • Japanese: 無料 (muryō) — without paying
  • Japanese: 無料で (muryō de) — without paying
  • Kabuverdianu: fabal — without paying
  • Kazakh: текке (tekke) — without paying
  • Khmer: ឥតគិតថ្លៃ (ʼĕtâkĭtthlai) — without paying
  • Korean: 공짜로 (gongjja-ro) — without paying
  • Northern Kurdish: belaş — without paying
  • Latin: grātīs — without paying
  • Latvian: par brīvu — without paying
  • Latvian: bezmaksas — without paying
  • Macedonian: бесплатно (besplatno) — without paying
  • Malay: percuma — without paying
  • Malayalam: സൗജന്യമായി (saujanyamāyi) — without paying
  • Malayalam: വെറുതെ (veṟute) — without paying
  • Māori: utukore — without paying
  • Navajo: tʼáá jííkʼe — without paying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gratis — without paying
  • Persian: مفت (moft) — without paying
  • Plautdietsch: emsonst — without paying
  • Polish: bezpłatnie — without paying
  • Polish: darmo — without paying
  • Polish: za darmo — without paying
  • Polish: gratis — without paying
  • Polish: darmowo — without paying
  • Polish: nieodpłatnie — without paying
  • Portuguese: de graça — without paying
  • Portuguese: grátis — without paying
  • Romanian: gratis — without paying
  • Romanian: pe gratis — without paying
  • Russian: беспла́тно (besplátno) — without paying
  • Russian: да́ром (dárom) — without paying
  • Russian: зада́ром (zadárom) — without paying
  • Russian: на халя́ву (na xaljávu) — without paying
  • Russian: задарма́ (zadarmá) — without paying
  • Scottish Gaelic: an-asgaidh — without paying
  • Scottish Gaelic: gun stuth (Islay) — without paying
  • Serbo-Croatian: бесплатно — without paying
  • Serbo-Croatian: џаба — without paying
  • Serbo-Croatian: besplatno — without paying
  • Serbo-Croatian: džaba — without paying
  • Slovak: zadarmo — without paying
  • Slovene: brezplačno — without paying
  • Slovene: zastonj — without paying
  • Spanish: gratis — without paying
  • Spanish: de gratis — without paying
  • Spanish: de a gratis — without paying
  • Spanish: gratiñán — without paying
  • Spanish: gratarola — without paying
  • Spanish: gratis et amore — without paying
  • Sranan Tongo: fu soso — without paying
  • Swedish: gratis — without paying
  • Tatar: бушлай (buşlay) — without paying
  • Turkish: ücretsiz — without paying
  • Ottoman Turkish: بداوا (bedava) — without paying
  • Ukrainian: безкошто́вно (bezkoštóvno) — without paying
  • Urdu: مفت (muft) — without paying
  • Vietnamese: miễn phí — without paying
  • Welsh: am ddim — without paying
  • Yiddish: בחינם (bekhinem) — without paying
  • Zazaki: belas — without paying