grotte
French
noun
Definitions
- cave (large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground)
Etymology
Derived from Italian grotta (cave) derived from Latin crypta (vault).
Origin
Latin
crypta
Gloss
vault
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crypt English
- encrypt English
- grotto English
- *grupta Latin
- crypta Latin
- grupta Latin
- Grotte German
- Kruft German
- cripta Italian
- grotta Italian
- grotticella Italian
- crypte Dutch, Flemish
- grot Dutch, Flemish
- krocht Dutch, Flemish
- crypte French
- cripta Spanish, Castilian
- κρυπτή Ancient Greek
- κρυπτός Ancient Greek
- κρύπτη Ancient Greek
- grotte Norwegian Bokmål
- cripta Portuguese
- grota Polish
- krypta Polish
- grotte Norwegian Nynorsk
- grotte Danish
- cripta Catalan, Valencian
- cripta Galician
- groto Galician
- grotă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gruft Old High German
- Grott Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch