granule

See also: granulé

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum ‎(“grain”); see grain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹanjuːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹænjul/, /ˈɡɹænjəl/

Noun

granule ‎(plural granules)

1. A tiny grain, a small particle.
2. (biology) A small structure in a cell.
3. (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
4. (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).

Related terms

• grain
• granular
• granularity
• granulate
• granulation

Translations

small particle

• Bulgarian: зрънце (bg) n ‎(zrǎnce), гранула (bg) f ‎(granula)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顆粒 (zh), 颗粒 (zh) ‎(kēlì)

• Dutch: korrel (nl) m
• Finnish: rae (fi), jyvänen (fi)
• French: granule (fr) f
• German: Körnchen n

• Japanese: 顆粒 (ja) ‎(かりゅう, karyū), 粒 (ja) ‎(つぶ, tsubu)
• Macedonian: зрно n ‎(z'rno), зрнце n ‎(z'rnce), гранула f ‎(gránula)
• Persian: دانژه ‎(dânže)
• Portuguese: grânulo (pt) m
• Russian: гра́нула (ru) f ‎(gránula), зерно́ (ru) n ‎(zernó), зёрнышко (ru) n ‎(zjórnyško), крупи́нка (ru) f ‎(krupínka), песчи́нка (ru) f ‎(pesčínka)
• Swedish: korn (sv) n

small structure in a cell

• Japanese: 顆粒 (ja) ‎(かりゅう, karyū)
• Portuguese: grânulo (pt) m

• Tagalog: binutil

geology: fragment of rock

• Dutch: korrel (nl) m

• Finnish: soranjyvä

mark on the sun

• Finnish: granula (fi)

• Macedonian: дамка f ‎(dámka)
• Portuguese: grânulo (pt) m

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Translations to be checked

• Maori: ^{(please verify)} pata

External links

• granule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• granule in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: granulent, granules

Verb

granule

1. first-person singular present indicative of granuler
2. third-person singular present indicative of granuler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
5. second-person singular imperative of granuler

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Spanish

Verb

granule

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of granular.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of granular.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of granular.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of granular.