different between grot vs grat

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)

1. (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.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from grotty.

Noun

grot (countable and uncountable, plural grots) (Britain)

1. (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
2. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. neuter nominative of gro
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. big, large
2. great

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: grôot
  • Dutch: groot
    • Afrikaans: groot
  • Limburgish: groeat
  • Zealandic: groôt

Further reading

• “gr?t”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rot/

Noun

grot n

1. particle
2. 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)

1. great

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: grôt
  • Low German: groot
    • German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)

      Plautdietsch: groot

  • ? Westrobothnian: grótt

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?t/

Noun

grot m inan

1. arrowhead

Declension

Noun

grot m inan

1. mainsail

Declension

Noun

grot f

1. 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

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