groat

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹoʊt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹəʊt/ IPA(key): (obsolete) /ɡɹɔːt/ Rhymes: -əʊt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą, related to *greutą. More at grit, grout. ==== Noun ==== groat (countable and uncountable, plural groats) (chiefly in the plural) Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== grit, grits grout, grouts ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== gruel meal semolina Margaret === Etymology 2 === Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois (“a coin of Tours”), gros being from Medieval Latin denarius grossus (“large coin”). Related to German Groschen. ==== Noun ==== groat (plural groats) (archaic or historical) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland. Any unit of currency worth four pence. A historical English coin representing such a unit: a silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins. Synonym: fourpence A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Groat (grain) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Groat (coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === === Anagrams === gator, gotra, Argot, argot, RATOG, 'gator