grano

See also: Grano and granó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɡɾa.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɾa.no]

Verb

grano

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grano, Spanish grano, Portuguese grão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrano/

Noun

grano (plural grani)

1. grain (a very small, hard mass; particles or layers in a material)

Derived terms

• graneto (“particle, iota, crumb”)

 

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin grānum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

grano m (plural grani)

1. wheat, corn

   Synonym: frumento

2. grain (of cereal, or small piece of something)
3. bead (of the rosary)
4. peppercorn

   Synonym: grano di pepe

5. money
6. pin

Derived terms

• farina di grano
• germe di grano (“wheat germ”)
• granello (“grain; speck; testicle”)
• granicolo (“wheat”, attributive)
• granicoltura (“wheat growing”)
• granifero (“wheat-producing”)
• granigione
• granire (“to granulate; to form grains or seeds”)
• granivoro (“granivorous”)
• grano duro (“durum wheat”)
• grano saraceno (“buckwheat”)
• granoso (“grain- or corn-producing”)
• granoturco (“maize”)
• ingranare (“to engage; to mesh; to fit in, get along”)
• sgranare (“to shell, hull, husk”)

 

Related terms

• grana (“grain”)
• granaglie (“corn (seeds of cereals for food use)”)
• granaio (“granary, barn”)
• graniglia (“grit”)
• granulo (“granule”)

 

See also

• cereale

Anagrams

• argon, ragno, rango, rogna

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.noː/, [ˈɡräːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.no/, [ˈɡräːno]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) grānō

1. dative/ablative singular of grānum

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.nɔ/

Verb

grano

1. impersonal past of grać

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾano/ [ˈɡɾa.no]
• Rhymes: -ano

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish grano, from Latin grānum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Noun

grano m (plural granos)

1. grain (the seed of grass food crops)
2. grain, seed, kernel, bean (a single seed of certain crops)

   un grano de arroz ― a grain of rice

   un grano de maíz ― a kernel of corn

3. grain (single particle of a substance)

   un grano de arena ― a grain of sand

4. pimple, blackhead (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus)

   Estoy tan estresada que me salen granos. ― I'm so stressed that I'm getting pimples.

5. point (the focus of a conversation)
6. (photography) grain (visual texture in processed photographic film)
7. grain (linear texture of a material or surface)

Derived terms

• apartar el grano de la paja
• desgranar (“to shuck”)
• engranar (“to mesh; to engage”)
• granear
• granero
• grano de arena
• grano en el culo
• ir al grano

 

Related terms

• granada
• granado
• granar
• granel (“bulk”)
• granero (“granary; barn”)
• granizo

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

grano

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of granar.

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001