granat

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See also: Granat, granát, grånat, and gránát

Catalan

Etymology

Named after the pomegranate fruit. Derived from granar. Cf. granada and magrana. Compare also French grenat.

Pronunciation

Adjective

granat (feminine granada, masculine plural granats, feminine plural granades)

  1. garnet

Noun

granat m (plural granats)

  1. garnet (the gem and the color)

Participle

granat (feminine granada, masculine plural granats, feminine plural granades)

  1. past participle of granar

Further reading

Danish

Noun

granat c (singular definite granaten, plural indefinite granater)

  1. grenade
  2. garnet

Declension

Declension of granat
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative granat granaten granater granaterne
genitive granats granatens granaters granaternes

Derived terms

References

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch granaat, from Middle Dutch garnate, grenate, from Old French grenat, from Latin pomus granatus (“seeded apple”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡra.nat̚/, ,
  • Hyphenation: gra‧nat

Noun

granat (first-person possessive granatku, second-person possessive granatmu, third-person possessive granatnya)

  1. (military) grenade: a small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a grenade launcher.

Derived terms

Further reading

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡra.nat/
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  • Rhymes: -anat
  • Syllabification: gra‧nat

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin grānātum.

Noun

granat m inan (related adjective granatowy)

  1. pomegranate (fruit of tree of genus Punica)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian granata, from Latin granatus.

Noun

granat m inan

  1. grenade (explosive device)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Granat, from Latin grānātum.

Noun

granat m inan

  1. (mineralogy) garnet

Etymology 4

Back-formation from granatowy.

Noun

granat m inan

  1. navy blue
Declension
Declension of granat
singular plural
nominative granat granaty
genitive granatu granatów
dative granatowi granatom
accusative granat granaty
instrumental granatem granatami
locative granacie granatach
vocative granacie granaty

Further reading

  • granat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • granat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

granat n (plural granate)

  1. garnet

Declension

Declension of granat
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) granat granatul (niște) granate granatele
genitive/dative (unui) granat granatului (unor) granate granatelor
vocative granatule granatelor

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

granat m (Cyrillic spelling гранат)

  1. pomegranate
    Synonyms: mogranj, morski šipak, nar
  2. garnet

Swedish

Etymology

The weapon and mineral are named after the fruit. Latin pomum granatum means an apple with many seeds, from Latin granum (“seed”). Spanish influence formed the French grenade, which became granat in German, Danish, and Swedish. Used in Swedish since 1578 (fruit, the compound granatäpple already in 1541), 1568 (mineral), 1623 (weapon).

Noun

granat c

  1. (weaponry) a grenade
    granatkarbin
    grenade launcher (as a stand-alone weapon)
    granattillsats
    grenade launcher (as an attachment to a weapon)
    handgranat
    hand grenade
  2. (weaponry) a shell
    granatgevär
    recoilless rifle ("shell rifle")
    granatkastare
    mortar ("shell thrower")
  3. (archaic) a pomegranate (fruit)
    Synonym: granatäpple
  4. (archaic) a pomegranate (tree)
  5. (mineralogy) a garnet, a group of minerals with regular crystals

Usage notes

In technical language, for example in formal names of weapons, "handgranat" seems to be fairly consistently used for hand grenades, to distinguish them from shells and non-handheld grenades. In other contexts, "granat" is often used instead of "handgranat," when clear from context.

Declension

Declension of granat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative granat granaten granater granaterna
Genitive granats granatens granaters granaternas

Derived terms

Related terms

References

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