grasse

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proper noun

A commune and town in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

OriginFrench Grasse →
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Meanings

grasse1

noungrasse (countable and uncountable, plural grasses)

plural grasses

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of grass.

    Their power is […] to […] unfructify Trees, parch and wither Grasse and Hearbes; bring scabs and diseases upon men, and murraine and rot upon Heards and Flockes […]

    1649, Edmund William Ashbee, Occasional Fac-simile Reprints of Rare English Tracts, page 112

Grasse2

proper nounGrasse (countable and uncountable, plural Grasses)

plural Grasses

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA commune and town in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
    2. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Pays de Grasse.
  2. countableA habitational surname from French.

Origin

  1. FrenchGrasse
  2. EnglishGrasse

Borrowed from French Grasse.

More words from French

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Translations

French Grasse
  • Grassetown
Italian Grassa
  • Grassatown
Russian Грас
  • Грасtown

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

gasserSagers
Cite this entry
APA

grasse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grasse

MLA

“grasse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grasse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grasse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grasse.

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