granule

granule

See also: granulé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum (“grain”); for more, see grain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn.juːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn.jul/, /ˈɡɹæn.jəl/

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Noun

granule (plural granules)

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

Related terms

• grain
• granular
• granularity
• granulate
• granulation

Translations

small particle

Bashkir: бөртөк (börtök) Bulgarian: зрънце (bg) n (zrǎnce), гранула (bg) f (granula) Catalan: grànul m Chinese: Mandarin: 顆粒／颗粒 (zh) (kēlì) Dutch: korrel (nl) m Finnish: rae (fi), jyvänen (fi) French: granule (fr) f German: Körnchen n Japanese: 顆粒 (ja) (かりゅう, karyū), 粒 (ja) (つぶ, tsubu) Macedonian: зрно n (zrno), зрнце n (zrnce), гранула f (granula) Persian: دانژه‎ (dânže) (archaic) Portuguese: grânulo (pt) m Russian: гра́нула (ru) f (gránula), зерно́ (ru) n (zernó), зёрнышко (ru) n (zjórnyško), крупи́нка (ru) f (krupínka), песчи́нка (ru) f (pesčínka) Spanish: gránulo (es) m Swedish: korn (sv) n Turkish: granül (tr)

small structure in a cell

Japanese: 顆粒 (ja) (かりゅう, karyū) Portuguese: grânulo (pt) m Tagalog: binutil Turkish: granül (tr)

geology: fragment of rock

Dutch: korrel (nl) m Finnish: soranjyvä

mark on the sun

Finnish: granula (fi) Macedonian: дамка f (damka) Portuguese: grânulo (pt) m

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Maori: (please verify) pata (mi)

Further reading

• granule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• granule in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

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• Homophones: granulent, granules

Verb

granule

1. inflection of granuler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Verb

granule

1. inflection of granular:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative