grits

See also: Grits

English

Grits (on the left of the plate)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪts/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪts

Etymology 1

See grit (etymology 2, “hulled oats”).

Noun

grits pl (plural only)

1. plural of grit ('hulled oats')
2. (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.

Usage notes

• Grits, in the sense of coarsely ground corn, occasionally takes a singular verb, especially in the southern US.

Related terms

• nitty-gritty
• gruel
• grout

Translations

hulled oats

• Finnish: ryynit (fi)
• Spanish: gofio (es)

coarsely ground corn

• French: gruau de maïs m
• German: Maisgrieß (de) m, Polenta (de) f
• Italian: porridge di mais m
• Polish: kasza (pl) f
• Portuguese: canjica (pt) f
• Spanish: sémola de maíz f, polenta (es) f, chuchoca (es) f (Chile)

See also

• grits on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cornmeal
• polenta

Etymology 2

See grit (Etymology 1).

Noun

grits

1. plural of grit

Verb

grits

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grit

Anagrams

• girts, grist, strig, trigs