granite

See also granité

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French granit (“granite”), from Italian granito (“granite”), from granire (“to granulate”), from grano (“grain”), from Latin granum (“grain”). Compare granita.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɹæ.nɪt/

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Noun

granite (plural granites)

1. A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.
2. (uncountable, figuratively) Toughness; the quality of having a thick skin or being rough.
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Derived terms

• granitic
• granitoid
• granitelike
• graniteware
• pregranitic

Translations

rock

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花崗石 (cmn), 花岗石 (cmn) (huāgāngshí), 花崗岩 (cmn), 花岗岩 (cmn) (huāgāngyán),

• Czech: žula (cs) f
• Danish: granit (da) c
• Esperanto: granito (eo)
• Finnish: graniitti (fi)
• French: granite (fr) m, granit (fr) m
• German: Granit (de) m
• Hungarian: gránit (hu)

• Ido: granito (io)
• Japanese: 花崗岩 (かこうがん, kakōgan)
• Maori: ōnewa (mi)
• Norwegian: granitt (no)
• Polish: granit (pl) m
• Russian: гранит (ru) (granít) m
• Serbo-Croatian: granit (sh) m
• Spanish: granito (es) m
• Swedish: granit (sv) c
• Turkish: granit (tr)

See also

• pegmatite, feldspar, quartz, granodiorite

Anagrams

• angrite, ingrate, tangier, Tangier, tearing

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Italian

Noun

granite f

1. Plural form of granita

Anagrams

• argenti, girante, ingrate, integra, negarti, negrità, regnati, rigante, ritenga, Tangeri, tingerà