grunt

English

Etymology

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjanan (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōnan (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɹʌnt/, X-SAMPA: /grVnt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌnt

Noun

grunt (plural grunts)

1. A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
2. The snorting cry of a pig.
3. A family of Perciformes fish of the family Haemulidae
4. (Army and United States Marine Corps slang) An infantry soldier. (Alteration of “ground man” — initially referred to unskilled workers.)

Derived terms

• grunt boy
• grunt work

Translations

A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak

• Danish: fnys (da) n
• Dutch: grom (nl)
• Finnish: murahdus
• French: grognement (fr)

• German: Grunzer (de) m
• Russian: ворчание (ru) (vorčánije) n , бурчание (ru) (burčánije) n 
• Spanish: gruñido (es) m
• Turkish: homurdanma (tr), homurtu (tr)

The cry of a pig when it makes its snorting cry

• Danish: grynt (da) n
• Dutch: knor (nl) m
• Finnish: röhkäisy
• German: Grunzen (de) m

• Hungarian: röfögés (hu)
• Italian: grugnito (it) m
• Russian: хрюканье (ru) (xrjúkanʹje) n 

A family of Perciformes fish of the family Haemulidae

• German: Grunzer (de) m

An infantry soldier

• Danish: fodtusse (da) c
• Finnish: jalkaväen sotilas, (slang) nurmipora

• French: troufion (fr) m

Verb

grunt (third-person singular simple present grunts, present participle grunting, simple past and past participle grunted)

• Frequentative: gruntle

1. (intransitive) Of a person: To make a grunt or grunts.
2. (intransitive) Of a pig: To make a grunt or grunts.

Translations

Of a person: To make a grunt or grunts

• Danish: fnyse (da)
• Finnish: murahtaa (single grunt), murista (multiple grunts)
• German: grunzen (de)

• Jèrriais: gronner
• Maori: ngengere (mi), ngunguru (mi), whēnanau (mi)
• Russian: ворчать (ru) (vorčátʹ) , бурчать (ru) (burčátʹ) 
• Spanish: gruñir (es)

Of a pig: To make a grunt or grunts

• Danish: grynte (da)
• Finnish: röhkäistä (single grunt), röhkiä (multiple grunts)
• French: grogner (fr)
• German: grunzen (de)

• Hungarian: röfög (hu)
• Italian: grugnire (it)
• Jèrriais: gronner
• Russian: хрюкать (ru) (xrjúkatʹ) 

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Polish

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Noun

grunt m

1. soil (in construction and geology)
2. ground (the bottom of a body of water)

Declension

    declension of grunt

	singular	plural
nominative	grunt	grunty
genitive	gruntu	gruntów
dative	gruntowi	gruntom
accusative	grunt	grunty
instrumental	gruntem	gruntami
locative	gruncie	gruntach
vocative	gruncie	grunty

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Grund.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡrûnt/

Noun

grȕnt m (Cyrillic spelling гру̏нт)

1. (regional) plot of land, lot

Declension

    declension of grunt

	singular	plural
nominative	grȕnt	grùntovi
genitive	grunta	gruntova
dative	gruntu	gruntovima
accusative	grunt	gruntove
vocative	grunte	gruntovi
locative	gruntu	gruntovima
instrumental	gruntom	gruntovima

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Swedish

Adjective

grunt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of grund.

Adverb

grunt

1. shallowly

   gentemot såväl grundt rationalistiska som känslosamt svärmiska religiösa riktningar.

   towards both shallowly rationalistic and emotionally fanatical religious tendencies.