# grot
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ɡɹɑt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɡɹɒt/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒt

### 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.

### Etymology 2

Back-formation from grotty.

#### Noun

grot (countable and uncountable, plural grots) (British)
* (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 κρυπτός (kruptós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /χrɔt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

grot (plural grotte, diminutive grotjie)
* cave, cavern
    Synonym: spelonk
    Kuiergaste mag die grot net met 'n gids binnegaan.Tourists may enter the cave only with a guide.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed directly from Italian grotta or indirectly via French grotte, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of crypte, krocht, and gruft.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣrɔt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: grot
* Rhymes: -ɔt

### Noun

grot f (plural grotten, diminutive grotje n)
* cave, cavern
    Twaalf mensen waren omgekomen, nadat ze in een grot verdwaald geraakt waren.Twelve people had passed away, after they had got lost inside a cave.

#### 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 *grutą.

#### Alternative forms

* grott, grotte

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrɔːt/, /ɡrɔt/

#### Noun

grot (plural grotes)
* Hulled grain.

##### Descendants

* English: groat
* Yola: gurt, grut

##### References

* “grō̆t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* “grōtes, n.(2) plural.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch groot.

#### Alternative forms

* grote, groot, groote

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrɔːt/

#### 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

* “grōt, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-02-22.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.

### Adjective

grōt
* big, large
* great

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: grôot
** Dutch: groot
*** Afrikaans: groot
*** Berbice Creole Dutch: groto
*** Jersey Dutch: x'rôt
*** Negerhollands: groot, grooto, guṅgu, gro
**** → Virgin Islands Creole: gungu (dated)
*** Petjo: groot
*** Skepi Creole Dutch: groat
** Limburgish: groeat
** Zealandic: groôt

#### Further reading

* “grōt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grutą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡrot/

### Noun

grot n
* particle
* fragment

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Descendants

* Middle English: grot, grott, grotte
** English: groat
** Yola: gurt, grut

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz, whence Old English great.

### Adjective

grōt (comparative grōtoro, superlative grōtost)
* great

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: grôt
** Low German: groot
*** German Low German: groot; graut (Münsterländisch)
    Plautdietsch: groot

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrɔt/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈɡrɔ.tɘ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔt
* Syllabification: grot
* Homophone: Grot

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grotъ.

#### Noun

grot m inan
* arrowhead
* (in the plural, Przemyśl) household or homestead equipment

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch grootzeil.

#### Noun

grot m inan
* mainsail

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

grot f
* genitive plural of grota

### Further reading

* grot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* grot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Aleksander Saloni (1899) “groty”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 238

## Russenorsk
### Alternative forms

* грутъ (grut)

### Etymology

Probably borrowed into Russenorsk from some older unknown pidgin developed during early Russian-Dutch trade. In this case, can be derived from e.g. Middle Dutch grôot or West Frisian grut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡruːt/

### Adjective

grot
* big
    Synonym: bolsa
    Грутъ стока по гафъGrut stoka po gafA big storm on the sea (with strong eastern wind)

### Adverb

grot
* a lot, much
* very
    Synonym: mera
    Grot vre komBecame very angry

### References

* Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

## Swedish
### Etymology

Acronym of grenar och toppar.

### Noun

grot c
* (forestry) logging waste, logging refuse

#### Derived terms

* färskgrot
* grotuttag
* gröngrot