different between grat vs groat

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??o?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????t/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /????t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Etymology 1

From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-Germanic *grut?. More at grit, grout.

Noun

groat (countable and uncountable, plural groats)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Hulled grain.

Derived terms

• Embden groats

Related terms

• grit, grits
• grout, grouts
• gruel
• meal
• semolina

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois (“a coin of Tours”), from Medieval Latin denarius (“coin”) grossus (“large”). Related to German Groschen

Noun

groat (plural groats)

1. (archaic or historical) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
2. A historical English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
3. A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.

Translations

See also

• Groat (coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Argot, argot, gator, gotra