groyne

English

Alternative forms

• groin (US)

Etymology

From Middle English groyn (“snout”), from Old French groign, from Late Latin grunium, grunia, from Latin grunnire (“grunt like a pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɔɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪn
• Homophone: groin

Noun

groyne (plural groynes)

1. An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.
   • 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:

     Our assimilation into one another had been beautifully timed, with each little revelation of unpleasantness acting as a modest baffler, a groyne to our mutual inundation. Now all of this was going to be flooded, drenched in poisonous ichor.

Translations

structure to prevent erosion

• Bulgarian: буна (bg) f (buna)
• Danish: høfde (da) c
• Dutch: krib (nl) c, strandhoofd n
• Estonian: buun
• Finnish: suiste, siipipato
• French: épi (fr) m
• German: Buhne (de) f, Kribbe (de) f, Wellenbrecher (de) m, Lahnung (de) f

  Central Franconian: Buhn f, Krepp f

• Italian: frangiflutti (it) m
• Japanese: 水制 (ja) (すいせい, mizusei)
• Korean: 방사제 (bangsaje)
• Polish: ostroga brzegowa f
• Russian: полузапру́да (ru) f (poluzaprúda), бу́на (ru) f (búna)
• Spanish: escollera (es) f, espigón (es) m
• Swedish: hövd n
• Welsh: argor m

Anagrams

• Gonyer, Gorney, eryngo, reyong

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

groyne

1. Alternative form of groyn

Etymology 2

Verb

groyne

1. Alternative form of groynen