granum

English

Noun

granum (plural grana)

(biology) a stacklike structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognates include Old Irish grán, Breton greun, Old Church Slavonic зрьно (zrĭno), Lithuanian žìrnis (“pea”), Persian (xarman, “grain”) and Old English corn (“grain”) (English corn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.num/, [ˈɡraː.nũ]

Noun

grānum n (genitive grānī); second declension

a grain, seed or small kernel

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	grānum	grāna
genitive	grānī	grānōrum
dative	grānō	grānīs
accusative	grānum	grāna
ablative	grānō	grānīs
vocative	grānum	grāna

Derived terms

grānārium
grānātim
grānātus
grāneus

Related terms

grānifer

Descendants

Albanian: gruni, grurë (possibly)
Aromanian: grãn
Asturian: granu, grana (from neuter plural)
Basque: garau
Catalan: gra
Dalmatian: grun
Dutch: graan
Old French: grain, grein
- English: grain, grange
- French: grain
- Irish: gráinne

Friulian: gran
Italian: grano
Occitan: gran
Portuguese: grão
Romanian: grâu
Romansch: graun
Spanish: grano

References

granum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
granum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
granum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
granum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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