grotta

See also: gròtta

Czech

Noun

grotta f

  1. grotto (artificial cave)

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grupta~*crupta, from Latin crypta, borrowed from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Doublet of cripta, which Italian borrowed from Latin. Found in the toponym Grotte. Compare Sicilian grutta, the probable source of Spanish gruta and Portuguese gruta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔt.ta/, /ˈɡrot.ta/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔtta, -otta
  • Hyphenation: gròt‧ta, grót‧ta

Noun

grotta f (plural grotte, diminutive grotticèlla or grotterèlla or grottìno m, augmentative grottóne m, pejorative grottàccia)

  1. cave
  2. grotto
  • cripta
  • sgrottamento
  • sgrottare
  • sgrottatura

Descendants
  • → Czech: grotta
  • → Danish: grotte
  • → Dutch: grot
  • → French: grotte
  • → German: Grotte
  • → English: grotto
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: grotte
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: grotte
  • → Piedmontese: gròta
  • → Polish: grota
  • → Romanian: grotă
  • → Swedish: grotta

References
  1. grotta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading
  • grotta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

grotta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of grotte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grotta f

  1. definite singular of grotte

Swedish
grotta

Noun

grotta c

  1. cave (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground)

Declension
Declension of grotta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grotta grottan grottor grottorna
Genitive grottas grottans grottors grottornas

Derived terms

Further reading
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