grot vs grotto what difference
what is difference between grot and grotto
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹɑt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹɒt/
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Etymology 1
From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.
Noun
grot (plural grots)
- (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.
- 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci:
Etymology 2
Back-formation from grotty.
Noun
grot (countable and uncountable, plural grots) (Britain)
- (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
- (slang, countable) A miserable person.
Anagrams
- trog
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/
Noun
grot (plural grotte, diminutive grotjie)
- cave, cavern
- 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/
- Hyphenation: grot
- Rhymes: -ɔt
Noun
grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje n)
- cave, cavern
Synonyms
- spelonk
Derived terms
- grotbewoner
- grotschildering
- grotspelonk
- grottenbeer
- grottenhyena
- grottenleeuw
- ijsgrot
- lavagrot
Related terms
- crypte
- krocht
Descendants
- Afrikaans: grot
Anagrams
- trog
Luxembourgish
Adjective
grot
- neuter nominative of gro
- neuter accusative of gro
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą.
Alternative forms
- grotte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrɔːt/, /ɡrɔt/
Noun
grot (plural grotes)
- groat
Descendants
- English: groat
- Yola: gurt, grut
References
- “grō̆t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “grōtes, n.(2) plural.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch groot.
Alternative forms
- groot, grote, groote
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrɔːt/
Noun
grot (plural grotes or grottes)
- A groat or other silver coin of similar value, traditionally worth four pennies, or the weight corresponding to that coin.
Descendants
- English: groat
- Yola: grate
References
- “grōt, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Adjective
grōt
- big, large
- great
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: grôot
- Dutch: groot
- Afrikaans: groot
- Berbice Creole Dutch: groto
- Jersey Dutch: x’rôt
- Negerhollands: groot, grooto, guṅgu, gro
- → Virgin Islands Creole: gungu (dated)
- Petjo: groot
- Skepi Creole Dutch: groat
- Limburgish: groeat
- Zealandic: groôt
- Dutch: groot
Further reading
- “grōt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrot/
Noun
grot n
- particle
- fragment
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: grot, grotte
- English: groat
- Yola: gurt, grut
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grautaz, whence Old English great.
Adjective
grōt (comparative grōtoro, superlative grōtost)
- great
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: grôt
- Low German: groot
- German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)
- Plautdietsch: groot
- German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)
- → Westrobothnian: grótt
- Low German: groot
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrɔt/
Noun
grot m inan
- arrowhead
Declension
Noun
grot m inan
- mainsail
Declension
Noun
grot f
- genitive plural of grota
Further reading
- grot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- grot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
English
Etymology
From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of crypt.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɒt.əʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑ.toʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
Noun
grotto (plural grottos or grottoes)
- A small cave.
- An artificial cavern-like retreat.
- A Marian shrine, usually built in a cavern-like structure.
- A local organization of cavers that typically organizes trips to caves and provides information and training for caving; a caving club.
- 1987, National Speleological Society, NSS News, vol. 45-46, p.331:
- An earlier attempt to organize a grotto in the Indiana, PA, area in the mid-1970s failed to succeed, but from it developed the informal Chestnut Ridge Explorers Association.
- 1987, National Speleological Society, NSS News, vol. 45-46, p.331:
- (Satanism) A secretive name for a local group of underground Satanists.
Derived terms
- grot
- Santa’s grotto