grattare
Italian (Fiorentino)
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to scratch, to scrape
- (transitive) to grate (to shred foodstuffs)
- (intransitive) but takes avere as auxiliary to grind, to strip (the gears)
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *kratton derived from Proto-Germanic *krattōną (scratch, scrawl).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*krattōną
Gloss
scratch, scrawl
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Checca Italian
- grattachecca Italian
- grattatoio Italian
- grattatura Italian
- rigrattare Italian
- gratin French
- grattage French
- grattement French
- gratter French
- gratteux French
- *gred- Proto-Indo-European
- *krattōną Proto-Germanic
- grater Old French
- gratter Old French
- grati Esperanto
- gratar Catalan, Valencian
- krazzōn Old High German
- krazzōn, chrazzōn Old High German
- gratter Middle French
- *kratton Frankish
- *krattōn Frankish
- gratté Louisiana Creole French