grot

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɒt/

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• 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) (British)

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

Anagrams

• trog

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

grot

Wikipedia ^af

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/

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Noun

grot (plural grotte, diminutive grotjie)

1. cave, cavern

   Synonym: spelonk

   Kuiergaste mag die grot net met 'n gids binnegaan.

   Tourists may enter the cave only with a guide.

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/

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• 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

• spelonk

Derived terms

• grotbewoner
• grotschildering
• grotspelonk
• grottenbeer
• grottenhyena
• grottenleeuw
• ijsgrot
• lavagrot

Related terms

• crypte
• krocht

Descendants

• Afrikaans: grot

Anagrams

• trog

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

• grott, grotte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔːt/, /ɡrɔt/

Noun

grot (plural grotes)

1. Hulled grain.

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)

1. 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-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

1=grōtiro
2=grōtist
3=groz

grōt

1. big, large
2. 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

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

• Middle English: grot, grott, grotte
  • English: groat
  • Yola: gurt, grut

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graut, 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
    • German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)

      Plautdietsch: groot

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

grot

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔt/

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• 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

Alternative forms

• грутъ (grut)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡruːt/

Adjective

grot

1. big

   Synonym: bolsa

   Грутъ стока по гафъ

   Grut stoka po gaf

   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: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag