grana

See also: Grana, graná, graną, grána, and gråna

English

Noun

grana

1. plural of granum

Anagrams

• Nagra, Ragan, argan, ranga

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɾa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɾa.na]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin grāna, plural of grānum (“grain”).

Noun

grana f (plural granes)

1. seed

   Synonym: llavor

Related terms

• gra
• magrana

Noun

grana m (plural granes)

1. cochineal

   Synonym: cotxinilla

2. scarlet, carmine (color/colour)

   Synonym: carmí

Derived terms

• blaugrana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

grana

1. inflection of granar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “grana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “grana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “grana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “grana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: grà‧na

Etymology 1

From Latin grāna, from grānum (“grain”).

Noun

grana f (plural grane)

1. grain
2. (figurative, informal) trouble, nuisance

   Synonyms: fastidio, noia, seccatura

Related terms

• grano

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of formaggio di grana.

Noun

grana m (invariable)

1. a cheese similar to parmesan

   Synonym: parmigiano

Etymology 3

Perhaps from grano.

Noun

grana f (plural grane)

1. (informal) cash

   Synonym: soldi

Descendants

• → Portuguese: grana

Anagrams

• Argan, nagra, ragna

Latin

Noun

grāna

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of grānum

References

• "grana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• granen

Noun

grana m or f

1. definite feminine singular of gran

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

grana f

1. definite singular of gran

Old English

Noun

grana m

1. Definition unclear, perhaps "one who has a mustache".

Related terms

• granu

References

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “grana”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: gra‧na

Participle

grana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of grany

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: gra‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian grana (“cash < grain”), from Latin granum (“grain”). Compare grão.

Noun

grana f (uncountable)

1. (slang) money; cash; dough

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dinheiro

Etymology 2

Verb

grana

1. inflection of granar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grana (cognate with dialectal or obsolete Bulgarian гран (gran)/гранка (granka)), from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with German Granne (“awn”), Old English granu (“moustache”) and Old Norse grǫn (“a pine tree”) ( > Danish gran (“spruce”)). Compare Old Norse grein (“branch”) ( > Danish gren).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrǎːna/
• Hyphenation: gra‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

grána f (Cyrillic spelling гра́на)

1. branch

   slomljena grana ― a broken branch

   bolje vrabac u ruci nego golub na grani ― a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

2. field, branch

   grana znanosti/nauke ― a branch of science

   Turizam je strateška gospodarska grana. ― Tourism is a strategic branch of the economy.

Declension

Declension of grana

	singular	plural
nominative	grana	grane
genitive	grane	grana
dative	grani	granama
accusative	granu	grane
vocative	grano	grane
locative	grani	granama
instrumental	granom	granama

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:grana.

Further reading

• “grana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾana/ [ˈɡɾa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: gra‧na

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

grana

1. inflection of granar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

From granar +‎ -a.

Noun

grana f (plural granas)

1. seeding (event of a plant's production of seeds)

Etymology 3

From grano +‎ -a, from Latin grānum.

Noun

grana f (plural granas)

1. cochineal
2. kermes (insect genus)
3. burgundy, dark red (color/colour)
   • 1569, Casiodoro de Reina, Biblia del Oso Juan 19:2:

     Y los ſoldados entretexieron de eſpinas vna corona, y puſieronla ſobre ſu cabeça, y viſtieronlo de vna ropa de grana.

     And the soldiers interwove a crown out of thorns, and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a burgundy robe

Derived terms

• azulgrana

Further reading

• “grana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10