grotte
French, noun/ɡʁɔt/
grotte is spelled G-R-O-T-T-E (6 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grotte is a French feminine noun meaning “cave (a large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cavité plus ou moins profonde, dans un rocher ou dans une montagne, naturelle ou faite de main d’homme”.
What does grotte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecave (a large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cavité plus ou moins profonde, dans un rocher ou dans une montagne, naturelle ou faite de main d’homme.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of grotte
- grottes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grotte?
- /ɡʁɔt/
- \ɡʁɔt\
- [ɡʁɔt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grotte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grotte in French?
grotte appears 8.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).