grot

See also: grót, gröt, and grøt

English

Pronunciation

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.

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch grot, either directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χrɔt/
  • (file)

Noun

grot (plural grotte, diminutive grotjie)

  1. cave, cavern
    Kuiergaste mag die grot net met 'n gids binnegaan.
    Tourists may enter the cave only with a guide.
    Synonym: spelonk

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje n)

  1. cave, cavern
    Twaalf mensen waren omgekomen, nadat ze in een grot verdwaald geraakt waren.
    Twelve people had passed away, after they had got lost inside a cave.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: grot

Anagrams


Luxembourgish

Adjective

grot

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɔːt/, /ɡrɔt/

Noun

grot (plural grotes)

  1. Hulled grain.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch groot.

Alternative forms

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. big, large
  2. great

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • grōt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grutą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrot/

Noun

grot n

  1. particle
  2. fragment

Declension

Descendants


Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Adjective

grōt (comparative grōtoro, superlative grōtost)

  1. great

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: grôt
    • Low German: groot
    • Westrobothnian: grótt

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɔt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔt
  • Syllabification: grot

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grotъ.

Noun

grot m inan

  1. arrowhead
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch grootzeil.

Noun

grot m inan

  1. mainsail
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

grot f

  1. genitive plural of grota

Further reading

  • grot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • grot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Russenorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡruːt/

Etymology

Probably borrowed into Russenorsk from some older unknown pidgin developed during early Russian-Dutch trade. In this case, can be derived from e.g. Middle Dutch grôot or West Frisian grut.

Adjective

grot

  1. big
    • Грутъ стока по гафъ
      A big storm on the sea (with strong eastern wind)

Adverb

grot

  1. a lot, much
  2. very
    • Grot vre kom
      Became very angry

References

  • Ingvild Broch; Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: The pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag
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