granulate

See also: Granulate

English

Etymology

granule +‎ -ate

Verb

1. (transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles.
2. (intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains.

   Cane juice granulates into sugar.

Related terms

• grain
• granular
• granularity
• granulation
• granule

Translations

to segment

• Bulgarian: раздробявам (bg) (razdrobjavam), гранулирам (granuliram)
• Finnish: rakeistaa
• French: grainer (fr), granuler (fr)
• Galician: granular (gl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: granulieren (1)
• Hungarian: granulál (hu)
• Ido: granigar (io)
• Spanish: granular (es)

Adjective

granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)

1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
2. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.

Further reading

• “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.

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Italian

Adjective

granulate

1. feminine plural of granulato

Verb

granulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of granulare
2. second-person plural imperative of granulare
3. feminine plural of granulato

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) grānulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of grānulātus