grotta
See also: gròtta
Czech
Noun
grotta f
- grotto (artificial cave)
Italian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔt.ta/, /ˈɡrot.ta/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔtta, -otta
- Hyphenation: gròt‧ta, grót‧ta
Noun
grotta f (plural grotte, diminutive grotticèlla or grotterèlla or grottìno m, augmentative grottóne m, pejorative grottàccia)
- cave
- grotto
Related terms
- cripta
- sgrottamento
- sgrottare
- sgrottatura
Descendants
- → Czech: grotta
- → Danish: grotte
- → Dutch: grot
- Afrikaans: grot
- → French: grotte
- → Russian: грот (grot)
- → German: Grotte
- → English: grotto
- → Norwegian Bokmål: grotte
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: grotte
- → Piedmontese: gròta
- → Polish: grota
- → Romanian: grotă
- → Swedish: grotta
References
- grotta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- grotta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- gratto, grattò
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- grotten
Noun
grotta m or f
- definite feminine singular of grotte
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
grotta f
- definite singular of grotte
Swedish
grotta
Noun
grotta c
- cave (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground)
Declension
| Declension of grotta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | grotta | grottan | grottor | grottorna |
| Genitive | grottas | grottans | grottors | grottornas |
Derived terms
- grottmänniska
Further reading
- grotta in Svensk ordbok.