grater

== English == === Etymology === From Old French grateor. See grate. By surface analysis, grate (“to scrape, etc.”) +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: grāt'ə, IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtə/ (US) enPR: grāt'ər, IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Homophone: greater === Noun === grater (plural graters) a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== surform zester === Anagrams === Trager, garret, garter == Old French == === Alternative forms === gratter === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *krattōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną. === Verb === grater to scrape (come into physical contact with in a way that causes damage) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “grater”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. grater on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub