different between grat vs ghat

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

grat (plural grats)

1. (slang) A gratuity or tip.

Related terms

• autograt

Anagrams

• Targ, gart

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gr?tus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /???at/

Adjective

grat (feminine grata, masculine plural grats, feminine plural grates)

1. (of a sensation) nice, pleasant

Derived terms

• gratament
• malgrat

Noun

grat m (plural grats)

1. taste, preference

   Synonym: gust

Further reading

• “grat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “grat” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “grat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “grat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rat/

Verb

grat

1. supine of gra?

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gr?t, which derives from Proto-Germanic *grautaz. Cognates include West Frisian grut.

Adjective

grat (comparative grater, superlative gratst)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) big, great, large.
2. (Föhr-Amrum) tall

   Hü grat beest?

   How tall are you?

Usage notes

After an indefinite article preceding a masculine noun grat changes to graten.

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German geræte (“equipment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rat/
• Homophone: grad

Noun

grat m anim

1. (informal, derogatory) piece of junk; useless or broken item

   Synonyms: rupie?, z?om

2. (informal, derogatory) clunker, decrepit car

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gruchot

3. (colloquial, usually in the plural) gear, equipment

   Synonyms: sprz?t, manele

Declension

Further reading

• grat in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• grat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Verb

grat

1. simple past tense of greet

English

Alternative forms

• (a ravine leading to the sea): ghaut

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (gh??, “pier”), from Sanskrit ???? (gha??a, “a landing-place, steps on the side of a river leading to the waters”). Perhaps related to Telugu ???? (ka??a, “dam, embankment”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t/, /???t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

ghat (plural ghats)

1. (India) A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place.

   1855, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Flora Indica

   • The abrupt escarpment of the western Ghats condenses so much of the moisture of the south-west monsoon

   • 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic 2009, p. 16:

     Chunks of wood were being built into funeral pyres on the steps of the ghat that went down into the water; four bodies were burning on the ghat steps when we got there.

2. (India) A mountain range.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Balfour (Cyc. of India) to this entry?)

3. (India) A mountain pass.
4. (Caribbean) A steep ravine leading to the sea.
5. (India) A burning-ghat.

Anagrams

• GTHA