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gro
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??r??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Shortening of gross (adjective), perhaps via grody.
Adjective
gro (comparative more gro, superlative most gro)
- (US, slang) Disgusting, unpleasant; gross.
- Wash your hair! It's totally gro.
See also
- grody
Etymology 2
Shortening of gross (noun).
Numeral
gro
- The cardinal number occurring after el do el (??) and before gro one (101) in a duodecimal system. Written 100, decimal value 144.
See also
- mo
Etymology 3
Shortening of grove.
Noun
gro
- (Britain, in street addresses) Abbreviation of grove.
Anagrams
- Org., Rog, org, org., rog
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German gr?o, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Cognate with German grau, English grey, Dutch grijs, Icelandic grár.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??o/, [??o?]
- Rhymes: -o?
Adjective
gro (masculine groen, neuter grot, comparative méi gro, superlative am groosten)
- grey
Declension
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gróa
Verb
gro (imperative gro, present tense gror, passive -, simple past grodde, past participle grodd, present participle groende)
- to grow
- to sprout, germinate
Derived terms
- inngrodd
- mosegrodd
References
- “gro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru?/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gróa. Akin to English grow.
Verb
gro (present tense gror, past tense grodde, past participle grodd or grott, passive infinitive groast, present participle groande, imperative gro)
- (of plants and body hair): to grow
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- The grass is growing well in this heat.
- Graset gror godt i denne varmen.
- to sprout, germinate
- (of cuts and sores): to heal
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
- Put a band-aid on the sore until it heals.
- Ta plaster på såret til det gror.
Derived terms
- inngrodd
- mosegrodd
Etymology 2
Noun
gro f (definite singular groa, indefinite plural grør, definite plural grørne)
- a toad
- Synonym: padde
References
- “gro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Old High German grao, from Proto-Germanic *gr?waz. Compare German grau, Dutch grauw, English gray, Icelandic grár, Swedish grå.
Adjective
gro
- gray, grey
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?/
Noun
gro
- vocative singular of gra
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French gros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rô?/
- Hyphenation: gro
Adverb
gr? (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- much, a lot
Synonyms
- p?no, mn?go, d?sta
References
- “gro” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English grow.
Verb
gro
- To grow.
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gr?w, from Proto-Celtic *gr?w?.
Noun
gro m pl (singulative gröyn)
- gravel, pebbles
Mutation
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grot
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.
Noun
grot (plural grots)
- (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.
- 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci:
Etymology 2
Back-formation from grotty.
Noun
grot (countable and uncountable, plural grots) (Britain)
- (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
- (slang, countable) A miserable person.
Anagrams
- trog
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch grot, either directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kruptós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t/
Noun
grot (plural grotte, diminutive grotjie)
- cave, cavern
- Synonym: spelonk
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kruptós). Doublet of crypte, krocht, and gruft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t/
- Hyphenation: grot
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje n)
- cave, cavern
Synonyms
- spelonk
Derived terms
- grotbewoner
- grotschildering
- grotspelonk
- grottenbeer
- grottenhyena
- grottenleeuw
- ijsgrot
- lavagrot
Related terms
- crypte
- krocht
Descendants
- Afrikaans: grot
Anagrams
- trog
Luxembourgish
Adjective
grot
- neuter nominative of gro
- neuter accusative of gro
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English grot, from Proto-Germanic *grut?.
Alternative forms
- grotte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??t/, /?r?t/
Noun
grot (plural grotes)
- groat
Descendants
- English: groat
- Yola: gurt, grut
References
- “gr??t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “gr?tes, n.(2) plural.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch groot.
Alternative forms
- groot, grote, groote
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??t/
Noun
grot (plural grotes or grottes)
- A groat or other silver coin of similar value, traditionally worth four pennies, or the weight corresponding to that coin.
Descendants
- English: groat
- Yola: grate
References
- “gr?t, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
Adjective
gr?t
- big, large
- great
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: grôot
- Dutch: groot
- Afrikaans: groot
- Limburgish: groeat
- Zealandic: groôt
- Dutch: groot
Further reading
- “gr?t”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rot/
Noun
grot n
- particle
- fragment
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: grot, grotte
- English: groat
- Yola: gurt, grut
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grautaz, whence Old English great.
Adjective
gr?t (comparative gr?toro, superlative gr?tost)
- great
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: grôt
- Low German: groot
- German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)
- Plautdietsch: groot
- German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)
- ? Westrobothnian: grótt
- Low German: groot
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t/
Noun
grot m inan
- arrowhead
Declension
Noun
grot m inan
- mainsail
Declension
Noun
grot f
- genitive plural of grota
Further reading
- grot in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- grot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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