Noun: grotesque
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | grotesque |
| Plural m | grotesques |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like grotesque
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō)
3. Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor.
4. Latin crypta
5. Italian grotta
6. Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
7. Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
8. Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
9. Vulgar Latin -iscus
10. Italian -esco
11. Italian grottescobor.
12. Middle French grotesque
13. French grotesque
14. Inherited from Middle French grotesque (“farcical”), from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave”) + -esco (relational suffix). By surface analysis, grotte + -esque. See: Italian Nouns '
grottesco'.
Verbs referencing "grotesque"
English Nouns
grotesque, Finnish Nouns
groteski, Russian Nouns
гротеск, German Nouns
Groteske.
Translations