Dictionary

granule en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɡɹæn.jəl/ (US)
• /ˈɡɹæn.jul/ (US)
• /ˈɡɹæn.juːl/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Italic *grānom Latin grānum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin ulum Latin grānulumbor. French granulebor. English granule Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

pollen granule · granuliform · granulopenia · Fordyce's granule · granuliferous · granuloma · granulopoiesis · agranulosis · nanogranule · granule cell · granulose · granuloblast · granulite · granulometer · Birbeck granule · granulin · Fordyce granule · supergranule · antibumping granule · agranulocyte · Nissl granule · lamellar granule · granulocyte · granulometry · granzyme · microgranule · mesogranule · granulize · anti-bumping granule · subgranule

Relateds

granular · granularity · granulation · granulate · grain · granola

Translations (43)

pt grânulo (mark on the sun) · mk зрнце (small particle) · sv korn (small particle) · bg гранула (small particle) · fa دانژه (small particle) · cmn 顆粒 /颗粒 (small particle) · kk түйір (small particle) · ja 顆粒 (small structure in a cell) · mk гранула (small particle) · fi soranjyvä (geology: fragment of rock) · pl granula (mark on the sun) · pl komórka pęcherzykowa (small structure in a cell) · tr granül (small particle) · ru зерно́ (small particle) · pl ziarno (geology: fragment of rock) · tr granül (small structure in a cell) · pt grânulo (small structure in a cell) · pl kryształ (geology: fragment of rock) · de Körnchen (small particle) · tl binutil (small structure in a cell) · pl komórka ziarnista (small structure in a cell) · eo grajno (small particle) · nl korrel (geology: fragment of rock) · nl korrel (small particle) · ga gráinnín (small particle) · pt grânulo (small particle) · ru зёрнышко (small particle) · mk зрно (small particle) · fr granule (small particle) · pl granula (small particle) · es gránulo (small particle) · ja 粒 (small particle) · fi granula (mark on the sun) · bg зрънце (small particle) · fi rae (small particle) · fi jyvänen (small particle) · ba бөртөк (small particle) · ru песчи́нка (small particle) · ru крупи́нка (small particle) · ru гра́нула (small particle) · ca grànul (small particle) · ja 顆粒 (small particle) · mk дамка (mark on the sun)