grits

See also: Grits

English

grits (on the left of the plate)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪts/

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• Rhymes: -ɪts

Etymology 1

See grit (etymology 2, “hulled oats”).

Noun

grits

1. plural of grit ('hulled oats')

Noun

grits

1. (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.

Usage notes

• Grits usually takes a plural verb, especially outside the southern US.

Related terms

• nitty-gritty
• gruel
• grout

Translations

hulled oats

• Finnish: ryynit (fi)

• Spanish: gofio (es)

coarsely ground corn

• French: gruau de maïs m
• German: Maisgrieß (de) m, Polenta (de) f
• Italian: porridge di mais m

• Polish: kasza (pl) f
• Portuguese: canjica (pt) f
• Spanish: sémola de maíz f, polenta (es) f, chuchoca (es) f (Chile)

See also

• grits on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cornmeal
• polenta

Etymology 2

See grit (Etymology 1).

Noun

grits

1. plural of grit

Verb

grits

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grit

Anagrams

• girts, grist, strig, trigs