grits

See also: Grits

English

Grits (on the left of the plate)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪts/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪts

Etymology 1

See grit (Etymology 2, “hulled oats”).

Noun

grits pl (plural only)

1. plural of grit ('hulled oats'); groats.
2. (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.

Usage notes

• Grits, in the sense of coarsely ground corn, occasionally takes a singular verb, especially in the southern US.

Related terms

• grout
• gruel
• nitty-gritty

Translations

hulled oats

• Finnish: ryynit (fi)
• Spanish: gofio (es)

coarsely ground corn

• French: gruau de maïs m
• German: Maisgrieß (de) m, Polenta (de) f
• Italian: porridge di mais m
• Japanese: コーングリッツ (kōngurittsu)
• Polish: kasza (pl) f
• Portuguese: canjica (pt) f
• Spanish: sémola de maíz f, polenta (es) f, chuchoca (es) f (Chile), sémola maicera f, gachas (es) f pl, poleadas f pl, puches (es) m pl or f pl, farinetas f pl (Spain), sanco m, sango (es) m, sanguito m

See also

• grits on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cornmeal
• polenta

Etymology 2

See grit (Etymology 1).

Noun

grits

1. plural of grit

Verb

grits

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grit

Anagrams

• girts, grist, strig, trigs