granat

See also: Granat, granát, grånat, and gránát

Catalan

Etymology

Named after the pomegranate fruit. Derived from granar. Cf. granada and magrana. Compare also French grenat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡɾəˈnat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡɾaˈnat]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

granat (feminine granada, masculine plural granats, feminine plural granades)

1. garnet

Noun

granat m (plural granats)

1. garnet (the gem and the color)

Hyponyms

• • almandina
  • andradita
  • grossulària
  • pirop
  • spessartina
  • uvarovita

Participle

granat (feminine granada, masculine plural granats, feminine plural granades)

1. past participle of granar

Further reading

• “granat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Danish

Noun

granat c (singular definite granaten, plural indefinite granater)

1. grenade
2. garnet

Declension

Declension of granat

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	granat	granaten	granater	granaterne
genitive	granats	granatens	granaters	granaternes

Derived terms

• (grenade): håndgranat

References

• “granat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch granaat, from Middle Dutch garnate, grenate, from Old French grenat, from Latin pomus granatus (“seeded apple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡra.nat̚/, [ˈɡranat̚], [ɡə̆ˈra.nat̚]
• Hyphenation: gra‧nat

Noun

granat (plural granat-granat)

1. (military) grenade: a small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a grenade launcher

Alternative forms

• grénad (Standard Malay)

Synonyms

• bom tangan (Standard Malay)

Hyponyms

• granat antitank
• granat asap
• granat berpeluncur roket
• granat fragmentasi
• granat gombyok
• granat kejut
• granat manggis
• granat mortir
• granat muncrat
• granat nanas
• granat pembakar
• granat rakitan
• granat roket
• granat senapan
• granat setrum
• granit artistik

Derived terms

• menggranat
• penggranatan

Further reading

• “granat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.nat/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anat
• Syllabification: gra‧nat

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin grānātum.

Noun

granat m inan (related adjective granatowy)

1. pomegranate (fruit of tree of genus Punica)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian granata, from Latin granatus.

Noun

granat m inan

1. grenade (explosive device)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Granat, from Latin grānātum.

Noun

granat m inan

1. (mineralogy) garnet

Etymology 4

Back-formation from granatowy.

Noun

granat m inan

1. navy blue

Declension

Declension of granat

	singular	plural
nominative	granat	granaty
genitive	granatu	granatów
dative	granatowi	granatom
accusative	granat	granaty
instrumental	granatem	granatami
locative	granacie	granatach
vocative	granacie	granaty

Further reading

• granat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• granat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈnat/

Noun

granat n (plural granate)

1. garnet

Declension

Declension of granat

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	granat	granatul		granate	granatele
genitive-dative	granat	granatului		granate	granatelor
vocative	granatule			granatelor

Further reading

• “granat”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

granat m (Cyrillic spelling гранат)

1. pomegranate

   Synonyms: mogranj, morski šipak, nar

2. garnet

Swedish

Etymology

The weapon and mineral are named after the fruit. Latin pomum granatum means an apple with many seeds, from Latin granum (“seed”). Spanish influence formed the French grenade, which became granat in German, Danish, and Swedish. Used in Swedish since 1578 (fruit, the compound granatäpple already in 1541), 1568 (mineral), 1623 (weapon).

Noun

granat c

1. (weaponry) a grenade

   granatkarbin

   grenade launcher (as a stand-alone weapon)

   granattillsats

   grenade launcher (as an attachment to a weapon)

   handgranat

   hand grenade

2. (weaponry) a shell

   granatgevär

   recoilless rifle ("shell rifle")

   granatkastare

   mortar ("shell thrower")

3. (archaic) a pomegranate (fruit)

   Synonym: granatäpple

4. (archaic) a pomegranate (tree)
5. (mineralogy) a garnet, a group of minerals with regular crystals

Usage notes

In technical language, for example in formal names of weapons, "handgranat" seems to be fairly consistently used for hand grenades, to distinguish them from shells and non-handheld grenades. In other contexts, "granat" is often used instead of "handgranat," when clear from context.

Declension

Declension of granat

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	granat	granats
	definite	granaten	granatens
plural	indefinite	granater	granaters
	definite	granaterna	granaternas

Derived terms

• chockgranat
• chockhandgranat
• gevärsgranat
• granatanfall
• granatattack
• granatbeskjutning
• granatchock
• granateld
• granatexplosion
• granatgevär
• granatgrop
• granathål
• granatkartesch
• granatkastare
• granatkrevad
• granatregn
• granatröd
• granatskärva
• granatsmycke
• granatsplitter
• granatäpple
• handgranat
• haubitsgranat
• pansargranat
• rökgranat
• rökhandgranat
• splittergranat
• spränggranat
• spränghandgranat
• tårgasgranat

Related terms

• grenadjär

References

• granat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• granat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• granat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• granat in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)