grana

See also: Grana, graná, graną, grána, and gråna

English

Noun

grana

1. plural of granum

Anagrams

• Nagra, Ragan, argan, ranga

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Catalan

Verb

grana

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin grāna, from grānum (“grain”).

Noun

grana f (plural grane)

1. grain
2. (figuratively, familiar) trouble, nuisance

   Synonyms: fastidio, noia, seccatura

Related terms

• grano

Etymology 2

Clipping of formaggio di grana.

Noun

grana m (uncountable)

1. a cheese similar to parmesan

   Synonym: parmigiano

Etymology 3

Perhaps from grano.

Noun

grana f (plural grane)

1. (familiar) cash

   Synonym: soldi

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) grāna

1. nominative plural of grānum
2. accusative plural of grānum
3. vocative plural of grānum

References

• grana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• granen

Noun

grana m or f

1. definite feminine singular of gran

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grana f

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of gran

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.na/

Participle

grana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of grany

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɐ.nɐ/

Etymology 1

From Italian grana (“cash < grain”), from Latin granum (“grain”). Compare grão.

Noun

grana f (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, slang) money; cash; dough

Synonyms

• (money): see Thesaurus:dinheiro

Verb

grana

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *grana (cognate with dialectal or obsolete Bulgarian гран (gran)/гранка (granka)), from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with German Granne (“awn”), Old English granu (“moustache”) and Old Norse grǫn (“a pine tree”) ( > Danish gran (“spruce”)). Compare Old Norse grein (“branch”) ( > Danish gren).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrǎːna/
• Hyphenation: gra‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

grána f (Cyrillic spelling гра́на)

1. branch

   slomljena grana ― a broken branch

   bolje vrabac u ruci nego golub na grani ― a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

2. field, branch

   grana znanosti/nauke ― a branch of science

   turizam je strateška gospodarska grana ― tourism is a strategic branch of the economy

Declension

Declension of grana

	singular	plural
nominative	grana	grane
genitive	grane	grana
dative	grani	granama
accusative	granu	grane
vocative	grano	grane
locative	grani	granama
instrumental	granom	granama

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:grana.

References

• “grana” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Verb

grana

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of granar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of granar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of granar.