grot

See also: grót, gröt, and grøt

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.

Noun

grot (plural grots)

  1. (poetic) A grotto.
    • 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci:
      She took me to her elfin grot, / And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore, / And there I shut her wild wild eyes / With kisses four.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from grotty.

Noun

grot (countable and uncountable, plural grots) (Britain)

  1. (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
  2. (slang, countable) A miserable person.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of crypte. Doublet of krocht. Doublet of gruft.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣrɔt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: grot
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje n)

  1. cave, cavern

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

grot

  1. neuter nominative of gro
  2. neuter accusative of gro

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch groot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɔːt/

Noun

grot (plural grotes or grottes)

  1. A groat or other silver coin of similar value, traditionally worth four pennies, or the weight corresponding to that coin.

Descendants

References



Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

grōt

  1. great

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: groot
    • Dutch: groot
    • Limburgish: groeat

External sources

  • grōt”, in (Please provide the title of the work), 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrot/

Noun

grot n

  1. particle
  2. fragment

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grautaz, whence Old English great.

Adjective

grōt (comparative grōtoro, superlative grōtost)

  1. great

Declension



Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɔt/

Noun

grot m inan

  1. arrowhead

Declension

Noun

grot m inan

  1. mainsail

Declension

Noun

grot f pl

  1. genitive singular of grota
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