how to pronounce groat

/ɡɹəʊt/

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groat is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of groat in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… arthur groat the exception to this …”

meanings of groat

noun:

Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
Hulled grain.
A historical English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.

name:

A surname.

groat frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word groat occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.