granary

English

Etymology

From Latin grānārium. Equivalent to grain +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹænəɹi/

Noun

granary (plural granaries or granarys)

(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
(figuratively) A fertile, grain-growing region.

Synonyms

(fertile region): breadbasket, rice bowl

Derived terms

granary bread

Translations

storage facility

Armenian: ամբար (hy) (ambar)
Bulgarian: хамбар (bg) m (hambar)
Catalan: graner
Chinese:
Mandarin: 筒倉, 筒仓 (tǒngcāng), 糧倉 (zh), 粮仓 (zh) (liángcāng)
Chuvash: ампар (ampar)
Czech: sýpka f
Dutch: graanschuur (nl)
Finnish: aitta (fi)
French: grenier (fr) m
Galician: hórreo (gl) m, celeiro (gl) m
German: Getreidespeicher m, Kornhaus n
Greek: σιταποθήκη (el) m (sitapothíki), σιτοβολώνας (el) m (sitovolónas)
Hungarian: magtár (hu), hombár (hu)
Italian: granaio (it)
Japanese: 穀倉 (ja) (こくそう, kokusō)
Kikuyu: ikũmbĩ class 5
Korean: 곡창 (ko) (gokchang)
Latin: granarium

Latvian: klēts f
Lithuanian: klė́tis f
Malay: jelapang
Maori: pātaka pata
Norman: grain'nie f
Persian: انبار‎‎ (fa) (ambâr)
Plautdietsch: Spikja m
Polish: spichlerz (pl) m, spichrz (pl) m
Portuguese: celeiro (pt) m
Quechua: pirwa
Romanian: grânar (ro)
Russian: зернохрани́лище (ru) n (zernoxranílišče), амба́р (ru) m (ambár), жи́тница (ru) f (žítnica)
Spanish: granero (es) m
Swahili: ghala (sw)
Swedish: spannmålsmagasin n, sädesmagasin n, kornbod (sv) c
Tagalog: kamalig
Telugu: కోష్ఠము (te) (kōṣṭhamu)
Turkish: hububat ambarı, tahıl ambarı (tr)
Ukrainian: шпіхлір m (špixlír)

fertile, grain-growing region

Bulgarian: житница (bg) f (žitnica)
Finnish: vilja-aitta (fi)
German: Kornkammer (de) f

Greek: σιτοβολώνας (el) m (sitovolónas)
Swedish: kornbod (sv) c

See also

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