groat

See also: Groat

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹoʊt/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəʊt/
Rhymes: -əʊt

Etymology 1

From Middle English grot, from Old English grotan, plural of grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą. More at grit, grout.

Noun

groat (plural groats)

(chiefly in the plural) Hulled grain.

Derived terms

Embden groats

Related terms

Translations

hulled grain

Armenian: ձավար (hy) (javar), կորկոտ (hy) (korkot)
Belarusian: крупа́ f (krupá)
Bulgarian: булгур (bg) m (bulgur)
Czech: kroupa (cs) f
Danish: gryn n
Dutch: gort (nl) m
Estonian: kruup
Finnish: suurimo (fi), ryyni (fi)
Georgian: ბურღული (burɣuli)

German: Graupe (de) f, Grütze (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἄλφιτα n pl (álphita)
Irish: piocuaran m (in the plural)
Latvian: putraimi pl
Polish: krupa (pl) f
Russian: крупа́ (ru) f (krupá)
Slovak: krúpa f
Spanish: granos (es) m pl
Swedish: gryn (sv) n
Ukrainian: крупа́ f (krupá)

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois (“a coin of Tours”), from Medieval Latin denarius (“coin”) grossus (“large”). Related to German Groschen

Noun

groat (plural groats)

(archaic or historical) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
An historical English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.

See also

Groat (coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Argot, argot, gator, gotra

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