grotta

See also: gròtta

Czech

Noun

grotta f

1. grotto (artificial cave)

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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/
• Rhymes: -ɔtta, -otta
• Hyphenation: gròt‧ta, grót‧ta

Noun

grotta f (plural grotte)

1. cave
2. grotto

Related terms

• cripta
• sgrottamento
• sgrottare
• sgrottatura

Descendants

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

References

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

Anagrams

• gratto, grattò

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grotten

Noun

grotta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of grotte

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grotta f

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of grotte

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Swedish

grotta

Noun

grotta c

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

Declension

Declension of grotta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	grotta	grottas
	definite	grottan	grottans
plural	indefinite	grottor	grottors
	definite	grottorna	grottornas

Derived terms

• grottmänniska

Further reading

• grotta in Svensk ordbok.