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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.
Pronunciation
Noun
gruta f (plural grutes)
- grotto, cave
Further reading
French
Verb
gruta
- third-person singular past historic of gruter
Galician
Etymology
Attested in 1401 as a place name ("rua da Grota"). Perhaps borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta.[1] Doublet of cripta.
Pronunciation
Noun
gruta f (plural grutas)
- grotto, cave
- hole or landslide caused by a flood
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “grota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gruta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gruta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.
Pronunciation
Noun
gruta f (plural grutas)
- grotto (small cave)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:caverna
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾuta/
- Rhymes: -uta
- Syllabification: gru‧ta
Noun
gruta f (plural grutas)
- grotto, (small) cave
Further reading