grater

See also: Grater and gråter

English

Etymology

From Old French grateor. See grate.

By surface analysis, grate (“to scrape, etc.”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: grāt'ə, IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtə/
  • (US) enPR: grāt'ər, IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: greater

Noun

grater (plural graters)

  1. a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump
    I'm making coleslaw; do you know where the grater is?
    • 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 115:
      As she ran on her numerous errands Jessamy found that if she did not stop to think, she knew all kinds of odd little things that the other Jessamy must have learned, such as where the nutmeg grater lived, and which was the potato peeling knife.

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *krattōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną.

Verb

grater

  1. to scrape (come into physical contact with in a way that causes damage)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of grater (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive grater avoir graté
gerund en gratant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle gratant
past participle graté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present grat grates grate gratons gratez gratent
imperfect gratoie, grateie, gratoe, grateve gratoies, grateies, gratoes, grateves gratoit, grateit, gratot, grateve gratiiens, gratiens gratiiez, gratiez gratoient, grateient, gratoent, gratevent
preterite gratai gratas grata gratames gratastes graterent
future graterai grateras gratera graterons grateroiz, gratereiz, graterez grateront
conditional grateroie, gratereie grateroies, gratereies grateroit, gratereit grateriiens, grateriens grateriiez, grateriez grateroient, gratereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present grat graz grat gratons gratez gratent
imperfect gratasse gratasses gratast gratissons, gratissiens gratissoiz, gratissez, gratissiez gratassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— grate — gratons gratez —

Derived terms

  • grateor
  • gratier

Descendants

  • → English: grate
  • French: gratter
  • Norman: gratter
  • Walloon: greter

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