gratter
French
verb
Definitions
- to scrub
- to scrape
- (transitive) to scratch
- (intransitive) to itch
- (informal) to play the guitar
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French gratter inherited from Old French gratter derived from Frankish *kratton derived from Proto-Germanic *krattōną (scratch, scrawl).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*krattōną
Gloss
scratch, scrawl
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gratin English
- grattage English
- Kratzfuß German
- Wolkenkratzer German
- abkratzen German
- ankratzen German
- kratzen German
- kratzfest German
- zerkratzen German
- karcol Hungarian
- gratin Italian
- grattachecca Italian
- grattare Italian
- grattatoio Italian
- grattatura Italian
- rigrattare Italian
- gratin French
- grattage French
- grattement French
- gratteux French
- *gred- Proto-Indo-European
- grateng Norwegian Bokmål
- *krattōną Proto-Germanic
- grateng Norwegian Nynorsk
- grater Old French
- gratter Old French
- grati Esperanto
- gratar Catalan, Valencian
- krazzōn Old High German
- krazzōn, chrazzōn Old High German
- kratzen Middle High German
- gratter Middle French
- *kratton Frankish
- *krattōn Frankish
- gratté Louisiana Creole French