granita

See also: graniță

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian granita, from granire (“to granulate”). Compare granite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈniːtə/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

granita (countable and uncountable, plural granitas)

1. An Italian dessert of fruit purée etc. on crushed ice.
   • 1995 July 19, Suzanne Hamlin, “Coffee Drinks That Are Cool and Creamy”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 December 2022:

     For summer, add a new one: granita (pronounced gra-KNEE-ta), a cold coffee concoction.

   • 2024, Eitan Bernath, 0:15 from the start, in Shaved frozen cucumber tomato salad might sound absolutely insane, but it turned out to be a delicious savory granita. Don’t knock it till you try it! #shavedice #recipe #tomatoes #frozentreats #summercooking‎^[2]:

     You're gonna think I'm insane, but that's actually delicious. It's kind of like a savory granita.

Translations

dessert

• French: granita (fr) f
• Hungarian: granita (hu)
• Italian: granita (it) f, granite (it) f pl
• Japanese: グラニテ (ja) (guranite)
• Piedmontese: grania f, gramolà f
• Russian: грани́та (ru) f (graníta)
• Swedish: granita c, granité c
• Turkish: granita

Anagrams

• Garnati, Ratigan, Tiranga

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto granito

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto granita

From granito + -a.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ita

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈnita/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: gra‧ni‧ta

Adjective

granita (accusative singular granitan, plural granitaj, accusative plural granitajn)

1. (geology) granitic

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡrɒnitɒ]
• Hyphenation: gra‧ni‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

granita (plural graniták)

1. granita

   Synonym: jégkása

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	granita	graniták
accusative	granitát	granitákat
dative	granitának	granitáknak
instrumental	granitával	granitákkal
causal-final	granitáért	granitákért
translative	granitává	granitákká
terminative	granitáig	granitákig
essive-formal	granitaként	granitákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	granitában	granitákban
superessive	granitán	granitákon
adessive	granitánál	granitáknál
illative	granitába	granitákba
sublative	granitára	granitákra
allative	granitához	granitákhoz
elative	granitából	granitákból
delative	granitáról	granitákról
ablative	granitától	granitáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	granitáé	granitáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	granitáéi	granitákéi

Possessive forms of granita

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	granitám	granitáim
2nd person sing.	granitád	granitáid
3rd person sing.	granitája	granitái
1st person plural	granitánk	granitáink
2nd person plural	granitátok	granitáitok
3rd person plural	granitájuk	granitáik

Italian

Granita and brioche, typical breakfast in Sicily.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈni.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: gra‧nì‧ta

Etymology 1

Past participle of granire (“to granulate”).

Noun

granita f (plural granite)

1. granita

   una granita di mandorla ― an almond granita

2. (by extension) any dessert comprised of ground-up ice and a sweet syrup, like snow cones or shaved ice

Etymology 2

Participle

granita f sg

1. feminine singular of granito

Anagrams

• garanti, garantì, granati, gratina, ingrata