noun · countable / uncountable · rare

groat

groat · groats

крупа

Graupe, Grütze

Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oatsHulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.

UK/ɡɹəʊt/US/ɡɹoʊt/

» The seed of the oat plant is called a groat.

Meaning

5 senses

(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
Graupe, Grütze
крупа́krupá
крупа́krupá
A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.
(archaic, historical)Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
(archaic, historical)Any unit of currency worth four pence.
a former English silver coin worth four pennies
(archaic, historical)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.

Examples

1 sentences

The seed of the oat plant is called a groat.
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Translations

5 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

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Русский

By meaning 1

hulled grain:

Deutsch

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hulled grain:

Origin

From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Prot

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

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.

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