gruta
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾu.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾu.ta/
Noun
gruta f (plural grutes)
- grotto, cave
Further reading
- “gruta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Verb
gruta
- third-person singular past historic of gruter
Galician
Alternative forms
- grota
Etymology
Attested in 1401 as a place name ("rua da Grota"). Perhaps borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta.[1] Doublet of cripta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾuta̝/
Noun
gruta f (plural grutas)
- grotto, cave
- hole or landslide caused by a flood
Related terms
- groto
References
- “grota” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “grota” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gruta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gruta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “gruta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- grota
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾu.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: gru‧ta
Noun
gruta f (plural grutas)
- grotto (small cave)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:caverna
Related terms
- cripta
- grotesco
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾuta/ [ˈɡɾu.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -uta
- Syllabification: gru‧ta
Noun
gruta f (plural grutas)
- grotto, (small) cave
Related terms
- cripta
Further reading
- “gruta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014