different between groat vs troat

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.

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See also

• Groat (coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Argot, argot, gator, gotra

English

Etymology

Either onomatopoetic, or akin to throat.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

troat (plural troats)

1. The cry of a deer.

Translations

Verb

troat (third-person singular simple present troats, present participle troating, simple past and past participle troated)

1. To make the cry of a deer.

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Anagrams

• Ratto, Tatro, ottar, rotta, tarot, tator, torat, torta