Meaning

6 senses
  1. A small cave.

    Grotte

    гротgrot

    a small cave (usually with attractive features)

  2. An artificial cavern-like retreat.

    Grotte

  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)

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The acoustics of the grotto were so good that concerts were arranged there.

    ruАкустика грота была столь хороша, что в нём устраивали концерты.

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  2. Then he searched for her in the grotto, whither she had fled, and whence she had been dragged away.

    deDann suchte er sie in der Grotte, wohin sie geflohen war und woher man sie verschleppt hatte.

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  3. As the day was beautifully serene, couches of green leaves were, by the orders of Dionysophanes, spread in the grotto.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
small cave:
Deutsch
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small cave:

Origin

From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of cry

From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of crypt.

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Forms

plural: grottos / grottoes
Singulargrotto
Pluralgrottos / grottoes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small cave (usually with attractive features):grot

Word family

4 related words

See also

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