grotta

Senso (Inglese)

1. (feminine) cave
2. (feminine) grotto

sinonimi

caverna

antro

spelonca

tana

locale

santuario

speco

Traduzioni

cave

grotte

cueva

gruta

grotto

caverna

Höhle

cova

gruta

caverne

Grotte

grot

σπηλιά

caverna

Con il trattino come

gròt‧ta, grót‧ta

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɡrɔt.ta/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō)
Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor.
Latin crypta
Italian grotta
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grupta ~ *crupta, from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Doublet of cripta, which Italian borrowed from Latin. Found in the toponym Grotte. Compare Sicilian grutta, the probable source of Spanish gruta and Portuguese gruta.