grout

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Coarse meal; groats.
3. (archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable) Dregs, sediment.
4. (UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable) A kind of beer or ale.

Verb

1. (transitive) To insert mortar between tiles.
2. (transitive) To affix with mortar.

Concepts

coulis

jointoyer

enduit de jointement

mastiquer

lait de ciment

boucher

jointement

ciment

Synonymes

mortar

grouting

plaster

point

poke

cement

stop up

fill in

parget

Traductions

lechada

verpressen

telve

auspressen

injizieren

verfugen

mit Mörtel ausgießen

abdichten

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massillar

verkitten

verstreichen

Erde aufwühlen

Satz

beurim

Grieß

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɹaʊt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: growte

Hérité de ancien anglais: grūt

Appartenant à néerlandais: gruit

Appartenant à allemand: Grauß

Appartenant à norvégien: grut

In summary

From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind, rub”). Related to grit.