noun
Meaning 1
A small cave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
grotto
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UK: /ˈɡɹɒt.əʊ/
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US: /ˈɡɹɑ.toʊ/
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noun
Meaning 2
An artificial cavern-like retreat.
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noun
Meaning 3
A Marian shrine, usually built in a cavern-like structure.
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noun
Meaning 4
A local organization of cavers that typically organizes trips to caves and provides information and training for caving; a caving club.
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noun
Meaning 5
A secretive name for a local group of underground Satanists.
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noun
Meaning 6
A garden or roadside shrine with a small cave containing a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary (usually Our Lady of Lourdes and sometimes paired with a water feature)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines
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noun
Meaning 7
a small cave (usually with attractive features)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: grot
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Broader terms: cave
History
Etymology
From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of crypt. The Philippine sense is from the holy cave in Lourdes, France.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: grot — small cave
- Arabic: غَار (ḡār) — small cave
- Arabic: مَغَارَة (maḡāra) — small cave
- Arabic: غار (ḡār) — small cave
- Arabic: مَغارة (maḡāra) — small cave
- Bulgarian: пещера (peštera) — small cave
- Catalan: gruta — small cave
- Chinese Mandarin: 石窟 (shíkū) — small cave
- Czech: jeskyňka — small cave
- Danish: grotte — small cave
- Dutch: grot — small cave
- Esperanto: groto — small cave
- Finnish: luola — small cave
- French: grotte — small cave
- Galician: gruta — small cave
- German: Grotte — small cave
- Hindi: कंदरा (kandrā) — small cave
- Hindi: गुहा (guhā) — small cave
- Hindi: गार (gār) — small cave
- Hungarian: grottó — small cave
- Icelandic: hellir — small cave
- Istriot: gruota — small cave
- Italian: grotta — small cave
- Italian: caverna — small cave
- Italian: santuario — small cave
- Japanese: 岩屋 (iwaya) — small cave
- Japanese: 洞穴 (dōketsu) — small cave
- Kazakh: үңгір (üñgır) — small cave
- Latin: caverna — small cave
- Malay: groto — small cave
- Persian: غار (ġâr) — small cave
- Persian: مغاره (maġâre) — small cave
- Polish: grota — small cave
- Polish: pieczara — small cave
- Portuguese: gruta — small cave
- Romanian: grotă — small cave
- Russian: грот (grot) — small cave
- Sicilian: grutta — small cave
- Spanish: gruta — small cave
- Swedish: grotta — small cave
- Tagalog: gruta — small cave
- Turkish: mağara — small cave
- Venetan: grota — small cave
- Czech: grotta — artificial cavern-like retreat
- Danish: grotte — artificial cavern-like retreat
- Esperanto: groto — artificial cavern-like retreat
- Finnish: luola — artificial cavern-like retreat
- French: grotte — artificial cavern-like retreat
- German: Grotte — artificial cavern-like retreat
- Polish: grota — artificial cavern-like retreat
- Portuguese: gruta — artificial cavern-like retreat
- Sicilian: grutta — artificial cavern-like retreat
- Spanish: gruta — artificial cavern-like retreat
- Swedish: grotta — artificial cavern-like retreat
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