grumete

Hiligaynon

Noun

grumete

1. crew

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈmɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈmɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈmɛ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈmɛ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: gru‧me‧te

Noun

grumete m (plural grumetes)

1. (nautical) cabin boy

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan grumet, from Old French groumet (“valet, servant”), from Middle English grome. Cognate of English gourmet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈmete/ [ɡɾuˈme.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: gru‧me‧te

Noun

grumete m (plural grumetes)

1. (nautical) crew (non-officer nautical personnel)
2. (nautical) cabin boy

Further reading

• “grumete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16