grenade
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pomum (“apple”) + granatum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grenade (plural grenades)
- A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- (obsolete) A pomegranate.
- (heraldry) A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
- (slang) An unattractive girl.
Hyponyms edit
- concussion grenade
- flash grenade
- fragmentation grenade, frag grenade
- grenado
- hand grenade
- rifle grenade
- rocket-propelled grenade, rocket propelled grenade
- rubber ball blast grenade
- smoke grenade
- stingball grenade
- stun grenade
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
pomegranate — see pomegranate
small explosive device
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Verb edit
grenade (third-person singular simple present grenades, present participle grenading, simple past and past participle grenaded)
- To use grenade(s) upon.
- 2001, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, Island Victory: The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, page 43:
- Some of the infantry got pinned down by it, and from cover kept up the battle by grenading rubble piles or any other likely spots ahead of them.
- 2015, Gordon L. Rottman, The Hand Grenade, page 46:
- They advanced after grenading the next traverse, much like the British did.
Translations edit
to use grenades
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Substantive use of Old French grenate in pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), from dialectal northern Italian pom granat, from Medieval Latin pomum granatum (“seeded fruit”), from Latin grānātum. The -d- developed under influence from Spanish granada.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grenade f (plural grenades)
- pomegranate
- grenade
- insignia, badge
- (heraldry) pomegranate (Grenade de guerre is used in French to describe a grenade in English heraldry)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “grenade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
grenade f pl
- inflection of grenadă:
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Verb edit
grenade
- past indicative of grena