grot

See also: grót, gröt, and grøt

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

From grotto, by shortening, or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of crypte. Doublet of krocht. Doublet of gruft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɔt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: grot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje n)

1. cave, cavern

Synonyms

• spelonk

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• crypte
• krocht

Anagrams

• trog

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Luxembourgish

Adjective

grot

1. neuter nominative of gro
2. neuter accusative of gro

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• groot, grote, groote

Etymology

From Middle Dutch groot.

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

References

• “grōt (n.(3))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

Adjective

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

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrot/

Noun

grot n

1. particle
2. fragment

Declension

Declension of grot (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	grot	grot
accusative	grot	grot
genitive	grotes	grota
dative	grote	grotum

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grautaz, whence Old English great.

Adjective

grōt (comparative grōtoro, superlative grōtost)

1. great

Declension

Positive forms of grōt

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	grōt	grōte	grōt	grōte	grōt	grōtu
accusative	grōtana	grōte	grōt	grōte	grōta	grōtu
genitive	grōtes	grōtarō	grōtes	grōtarō	grōtaro	grōtarō
dative	grōtumu	grōtum	grōtumu	grōtum	grōtaro	grōtum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	grōto	grōtu	grōta	grōtu	grōta	grōtu
accusative	grōtun	grōtun	grōta	grōtun	grōtun	grōtun
genitive	grōtun	grōtonō	grōtun	grōtonō	grōtun	grōtonō
dative	grōtun	grōtum	grōtun	grōtum	grōtun	grōtum

Comparative forms of grōt (weak only)

gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	grōtoro	grōtoru	grōtora	grōtoru	grōtora	grōtoru
accusative	grōtorun	grōtorun	grōtora	grōtorun	grōtorun	grōtorun
genitive	grōtorun	grōtoronō	grōtorun	grōtoronō	grōtorun	grōtoronō
dative	grōtorun	grōtorum	grōtorun	grōtorum	grōtorun	grōtorum

Superlative forms of grōt

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	grōtost	grōtoste	grōtost	grōtoste	grōtost	grōtostu
accusative	grōtostana	grōtoste	grōtost	grōtoste	grōtosta	grōtostu
genitive	grōtostes	grōtostarō	grōtostes	grōtostarō	grōtostaro	grōtostarō
dative	grōtostumu	grōtostum	grōtostumu	grōtostum	grōtostaro	grōtostum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	grōtosto	grōtostu	grōtosta	grōtostu	grōtosta	grōtostu
accusative	grōtostun	grōtostun	grōtosta	grōtostun	grōtostun	grōtostun
genitive	grōtostun	grōtostonō	grōtostun	grōtostonō	grōtostun	grōtostonō
dative	grōtostun	grōtostum	grōtostun	grōtostum	grōtostun	grōtostum

Descendants

• Middle Low German: grôt
  • Low German: groot
    • German Low German: groot

      Plautdietsch: groot

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔt/

Noun

grot m inan

1. arrowhead

Declension

Declension of grot

	singular	plural
nominative	grot	groty
genitive	grotu	grotów
dative	grotowi	grotom
accusative	grot	groty
instrumental	grotem	grotami
locative	grocie	grotach
vocative	grocie	groty

Noun

grot m inan

1. mainsail

Declension

Declension of grot

	singular	plural
nominative	grot	groty
genitive	grota	grotów
dative	grotowi	grotom
accusative	grot	groty
instrumental	grotem	grotami
locative	grocie	grotach
vocative	grocie	groty

Noun

grot f pl

1. genitive singular of grota

Further reading

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