gratis
free of charge
adverb grah-TEES Rare
Origin: Latin gratis, contraction of gratiis 'out of favour'
Also means
for free
Usage Note
Gratis is slightly more emphatic or old-fashioned than gratuitement. In everyday speech both are used, but gratis has a slightly ironic or emphatic flavour: c'est pas gratis ('nothing's free'). It can also function as an invariable adjective: l'entrée est gratis.
Examples
"Il a eu les billets gratis ce soir."
Natural Translation
He got the tickets free of charge tonight.
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