grotte

common nounproper noun

Syllable Decomposition

grotte

borrowed from Italian grotta, from Latin crypta, popularly pronounced /krupta/, itself borrowed from post-classical Greek κρύπτη, krúptê "underground vault".

Definition

Synonym

Plural

grottes

Translations

  • englishenglish:grotto
  • arabicarabic:كهف
  • spanishspanish:cueva
  • finnishfinnish:luola
  • greekgreek:σπηλιά
  • italianitalian:spelonca
  • dutchdutch:spelonk
  • portugueseportuguese:caverna
  • russianrussian:пещера
  • swedishswedish:grotta

See also

Grotte (pn.)