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groat en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɹoʊt/ (General-American)
  • /ɡɹɔːt/ (obsolete)
  • /ɡɹəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą, related to *greutą. More at grit, grout.

Meanings

  1. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
groats Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

groaty · grotty · Embden groats

Relateds

Margaret · grouts · gruel · meal · grout · grit · semolina · grits

Translations (27)

ga piocuaran (hulled grain) · cy talch (hulled grain) · uk крупа́ (hulled grain) · cs kroupa (hulled grain) · pl krupa (hulled grain) · sk krúpa (hulled grain) · sv gryn (hulled grain) · hy ձավար (hulled grain) · es granos (hulled grain) · de Grütze (hulled grain) · izh suurima (hulled grain) · ka ბურღული (hulled grain) · ru крупа́ (hulled grain) · no gryn (hulled grain) · hy կորկոտ (hulled grain) · grc ἄλφιτα (hulled grain) · bg булгур (hulled grain) · be крупа́ (hulled grain) · fi ryyni (hulled grain) · nl gort (hulled grain) · lv putraimi (hulled grain) · et kruup (hulled grain) · cy rhynionyn (hulled grain) · mk гриз (hulled grain) · de Graupe (hulled grain) · da gryn (hulled grain) · fi suurimo (hulled grain)

wikidata: Q1436715

groat en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ɡɹoʊt/ (General-American)
  • /ɡɹɔːt/ (obsolete)
  • /ɡɹəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (archaic, historical) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
    • The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, And ſcarſe a houſe to hide her head, Sometimes no penny to buy her bread, Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I:
  2. (archaic, historical) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland. ▸ Any unit of currency worth four pence.
  3. (archaic, historical) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland. ▸ A historical English coin representing such a unit: a silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
    • The needy groom, that never finger'd groat, Would make a miracle of thus much coin … c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act I:
  4. A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
groats Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

shovegroat · slidegroat · groatless · groatsworth

Synonyms

fourpence

Translations (7)

ja グロート (English silver four penny coin) · gd gròt (English silver four penny coin) · ga bonn bán (English silver four penny coin) · pl groat (English silver four penny coin) · cy pisyn grôt (English silver four penny coin) · eo kvar'penco (English silver four penny coin) · cy grôt (English silver four penny coin)

wikidata: Q16981272 · wikidata: Q1547176