grotto

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. A small cave.
2. An artificial cavern-like retreat.
3. A Marian shrine, usually built in a cavern-like structure.
4. A local organization of cavers that typically organizes trips to caves and provides information and training for caving; a caving club.
5. A secretive name for a local group of underground Satanists.
6. (Philippines) A garden or roadside shrine with a small cave containing a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary (usually Our Lady of Lourdes and sometimes paired with a water feature)

Έννοιες

σπηλιά

σπήλαιο

Συνώνυμα

cave

cavern

den

grot

tunnel

hole

🕳️

cave dwelling

cancer

♋

rock cavity

rocky cave

barrelhouse

rock opening

cellar

chamber

hollow

nest

room

Μεταφράσεις

grotte

grotta

gruta

Grotte

gruta

grot

cueva

caverne

antrum

caverna

antre

caverna

Höhle

caverna

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈɡɹɒt.əʊ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of crypt.
The Philippine sense is from the holy cave in Lourdes, France.