grosz

¹

[grawsh]

noun

plural

groszy 

1. an aluminum coin of Poland, one 100th of a zloty.

Grosz

²

[grohs]

noun

1. George, 1893–1959, U.S. painter and graphic artist, born in Germany.

Grosz

¹

/ ɡrɔs, ɡrəʊs /

noun

1. George. 1893–1959, German painter, in the US from 1932, whose works satirized German militarism and bourgeois society

grosz

²

/ ɡrɔːʃ /

noun

1. a Polish monetary unit worth one hundredth of a złoty

Word History and Origins

Origin of grosz¹

First recorded in 1945–50; from Polish, from Czech groš; groschen

Word History and Origins

Origin of grosz¹

from Polish, from Czech grosh; see _groschen

Example Sentences

Admission only five copecks, only five copecks! . . . for the poorer people only ten groszy!

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Janina knew that the chorus girls even after the most profitable performance received only fifty copecks on account and usually only two gold pieces or forty groszy.

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