grotta

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡrota] === Noun === grotta f grotto (artificial cave) ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grupta ~ *crupta, (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Doublet of cripta, which Italian borrowed from Latin. Found in the toponym Grotte. Compare Sicilian grutta, the probable source of Spanish gruta and Portuguese gruta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔt.ta/, /ˈɡrot.ta/ Rhymes: -ɔtta, -otta Hyphenation: gròt‧ta, grót‧ta === Noun === grotta f (plural grotte, diminutive grotticèlla or grotterèlla or grottìno m, augmentative grottóne m, pejorative grottàccia) cave grotto ==== Related terms ==== cripta sgrottamento sgrottare sgrottatura ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === grotta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === gratto, grattò == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === grotten === Noun === grotta m or f definite feminine singular of grotte == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === grotta f definite singular of grotte == Swedish == === Noun === grotta c a cave (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== grottmänniska === Verb === grotta (present grottar, preterite grottade, supine grottat, imperative grotta) (colloquial, in "grotta ner/ned sig (i)") to immerse oneself (in), to get deeply into (some activity, study, or the like) ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “grotta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “grotta ner sig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “grotta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “grotta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)