granulate
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See also: Granulate
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Back-formation from granulation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).[1] By surface analysis, granule + -ate.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæn.juːl.eɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæn.jul.eɪt/, /ˈɡɹæn.jəl.eɪt/
Audio (General American): (file)
Verb
[edit]granulate (third-person singular simple present granulates, present participle granulating, simple past and past participle granulated)
- (transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles.
- (intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains.
- Cane juice granulates into sugar.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to segment into tiny grains
Etymology 2
[edit]From granule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)
- Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
- Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “granulate (v.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
[edit]- “granulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “granulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]granulate
Participle
[edit]granulate f pl
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]granulate
- inflection of granulare:
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]grānulāte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]granulate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of granular combined with te
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