See also: gròtta

Czech edit

Noun edit

grotta f

  1. grotto (artificial cave)

Declension edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grupta~*crupta, from Latin crypta, borrowed from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Doublet of cripta, which Italian borrowed from Latin. Found in the toponym Grotte. Compare Sicilian grutta, the probable source of Spanish gruta and Portuguese gruta.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔt.ta/, /ˈɡrot.ta/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔtta, -otta
  • Hyphenation: gròt‧ta, grót‧ta
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Noun edit

grotta f (plural grotte, diminutive grotticèlla or grotterèlla or grottìno m, augmentative grottóne m, pejorative grottàccia)

  1. cave
  2. grotto

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Descendants edit

  • Czech: grotta
  • Danish: grotte
  • Dutch: grot
  • French: grotte
  • German: Grotte
  • English: grotto
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grotte
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grotte
  • Piedmontese: gròta
  • Polish: grota
  • Romanian: grotă
  • Swedish: grotta

References edit

  1. ^ grotta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading edit

  • grotta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

grotta m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of grotte

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

grotta f

  1. definite singular of grotte

Swedish edit

 
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Noun edit

grotta c

  1. a cave (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground)

Declension edit

Declension of grotta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grotta grottan grottor grottorna
Genitive grottas grottans grottors grottornas

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

grotta (present grottar, preterite grottade, supine grottat, imperative grotta)

  1. (colloquial, in "grotta ner/ned sig (i)") to immerse oneself (in), to get deeply into (some activity, study, or the like)
    Jag har grottat ner mig i fallet. Jag vill veta allt.
    I've really gotten into the case. I want to know everything.

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