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. 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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	grotta	grottan	grottor	grottorna
Genitive	grottas	grottans	grottors	grottornas

Derived terms

• grottmänniska

Further reading

• grotta in Svensk ordbok.