groyne

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• /ɡɹɔɪn/
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• rhymes with -ɔɪn
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• homophone: groin
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From Middle English groyn (“snout”), from Old French groign, from Late Latin grunium, grunia, from Latin grunnire (“grunt like a pig”).

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: буна (buna) — structure to prevent erosion
• Catalan: espigó — structure to prevent erosion
• Catalan: galop — structure to prevent erosion
• Danish: høfde — structure to prevent erosion
• Dutch: krib — structure to prevent erosion
• Dutch: strandhoofd — structure to prevent erosion
• Estonian: buun — structure to prevent erosion
• Finnish: suiste — structure to prevent erosion
• Finnish: siipipato — structure to prevent erosion
• French: épi — structure to prevent erosion
• German: Buhne — structure to prevent erosion
• German: Kribbe — structure to prevent erosion
• German: Wellenbrecher — structure to prevent erosion
• German: Lahnung — structure to prevent erosion
• Central Franconian: Buhn — structure to prevent erosion
• Central Franconian: Krepp — structure to prevent erosion
• Italian: frangiflutti — structure to prevent erosion
• Japanese: 水制 (mizusei) — structure to prevent erosion
• Korean: 방사제 (bangsaje) — structure to prevent erosion
• Polish: ostroga brzegowa — structure to prevent erosion
• Russian: полузапру́да (poluzaprúda) — structure to prevent erosion
• Russian: бу́на (búna) — structure to prevent erosion
• Spanish: escollera — structure to prevent erosion
• Spanish: espigón — structure to prevent erosion
• Swedish: hövd — structure to prevent erosion
• Welsh: argor — structure to prevent erosion