grano

See also: Grano and granó

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grano, Spanish grano, Portuguese grão.

Noun

grano (plural grani)

grain (a very small, hard mass; particles or layers in a material)

Derived terms

Terms derived from grano

graneto (“particle, iota, crumb”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin grānum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

grano m (plural grani)

wheat, corn
Synonym: frumento
grain (of cereal, or small piece of something)
bead (of the rosary)
peppercorn
Synonym: grano di pepe
money
pin

Derived terms

Terms derived from grano

farina di grano
germe di grano (“wheat germ”)
granaio (“granary, barn”)
granello (“grain; speck; testicle”)
granicolo (“wheat”) (attributive)
granicoltura (“wheat growing”)

granifero (“wheat-producing”)
granigione
granire (“to granulate; to form grains or seeds”)
granivoro (“granivorous”)
grano duro (“durum wheat”)

grano saraceno (“buckwheat”)
granoso (“grain- or corn-producing”)
granoturco (“maize”)
ingranare (“to engage; to mesh; to fit in, get along”)
sgranare (“to shell, hull, husk”)

Related terms

cereale
grana (“grain”)
granaglie (“corn (seeds of cereals for food use)”)
graniglia (“grit”)
granulo (“granule”)

Anagrams

argon, ragno, rango, rogna

Latin

Noun

grānō

dative singular of grānum
ablative singular of grānum

Polish

Verb

grano

impersonal past of grać

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾano/

Etymology 1

From Latin grānum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Noun

grano m (plural granos)

grain (the seed of grass food crops)
grain, seed, kernel, bean (a single seed of certain crops)
un grano de arroz
a grain of rice

un grano de maíz
a kernel of corn
grain (single particle of a substance)
un grano de arena
a grain of sand
pimple, blackhead
Estoy tan estresada que me salen granos.
I'm so stressed that I'm getting pimples.
the point (the focus of conversation)
(photography) grain

Derived terms

Terms derived from grano

desgranar (“to shuck”)

engranar (“to mesh; to engage”)

granear

Related terms

granel (“bulk”)
granero (“granary; barn”)
granado
granada
granar
granizo

Etymology 2

Verb

grano

First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of granar.

Further reading

“grano” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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