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granite

/ɡˈɹænət/GRA-nuht
/ɡˈɹænət/GRA-nuht

Meaninggrainy (stone)

Common meaning: a hard, grainy rock

Journey through time

  1. Latingrānum‘a seed, grain’
  2. Italiangranitosource
  3. Englishgranite‘a hard, grainy rock’ · today

gran also in: granarygranulegarner

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin grānum ‘a seed, grain’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry grānum, p. 824 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry GARNER, p. 228 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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