granule

See also granulé

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum (“grain”); see grain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɹanjuːl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡɻænjəl/

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顆粒 (cmn), 颗粒 (cmn) (kēlì)

• Dutch: korrel (nl) m
• Finnish: rae (fi), jyvänen (fi)
• French: granule (fr) f
• German: Körnchen (de) n

• Japanese: 顆粒 (ja) (かりゅう, karyū), 粒 (ja) (つぶ, tsubu)
• Macedonian: зрно (mk) (z'rno) n, зрнце (mk) (z'rnce) n, гранула (mk) (gránula) f
• Russian: гранула (ru) (gránula) f, зерно (ru) (zernó) n, зёрнышко (ru) (zjórnyško) n, крупинка (ru) (krupínka) f, песчинка (ru) (pesčínka) f

geology: fragment of rock

• Dutch: korrel (nl) m

• Finnish: soranjyvä (fi)

mark on the sun

• Finnish: granula (fi)

• Macedonian: дамка (mk) (dámka) f

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• Maori: pata (mi)

External links

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

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: granulent, granules

Verb

granule

1. first-person singular present indicative of granuler
2. third-person singular present indicative of granuler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of granuler
5. second-person singular imperative of granuler

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Spanish

Verb

granule (infinitive granular)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of granular.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of granular.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of granular.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of granular.