Standard Lemma guide

grosz

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

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.

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  • grôsh
  • /ɡɹɔʃ/
  • rhymes with -ɔːʃ
  • homophone: grosze
  • CMU ARPABET: G R OW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

100 groszy equal 1 zloty in Poland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Polish monetary unit

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish grosz. Doublet of kurus.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: grosh — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Arabic: قِرْش (qirš) — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Armenian: գրոշ (groš) — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Bats: გროშ class bd (groš) — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Belarusian: грош (hroš) — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Bulgarian: грош (groš) — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Czech: groš — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Georgian: გროში (groši) — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • German: Groschen — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • German: Grosz — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Macedonian: грош (groš) — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Polish: grosz — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Russian: грош (groš) — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Serbo-Croatian: гро̏ш — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Serbo-Croatian: grȍš — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Slovak: groš — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Slovene: groš — one hundredth of a Polish zloty
  • Ukrainian: грош (hroš) — one hundredth of a Polish zloty