granaat

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χraˈnɑːt/

• Audio:

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Noun

granaat (plural granate)

1. grenade
2. garnet
3. pomegranate

Descendants

• → Xhosa: irharnate

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (obsolete, dialectal) granate

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣraːˈnaːt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gra‧naat
• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

granaat f or m (plural granaten, diminutive granaatje n)

1. A grenade; e.g. a hand grenade, an artillery shell.
2. A garnet.

   Synonym: granaatsteen

3. (archaic) A pomegranate (fruit).

   Synonym: granaatappel

4. (archaic) The pomegranate plant, Punica granatum.

   Synonyms: granaatappel, granaatappelboom

Derived terms

• flitsgranaat
• granaatappel
• granaatkolibrie
• granaatscherf
• granaatsteen
• granaatwerper
• handgranaat
• percussiegranaat
• rookgranaat

Related terms

• grenadier

Descendants

• Afrikaans: granaat
  • → Xhosa: irharnate
• → Indonesian: granat
• → West Frisian: granaat

Estonian

Etymology 1

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Noun

granaat (genitive granaadi, partitive granaati)

1. grenade

Declension

Declension of granaat (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		granaat	granaadid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	granaadi
genitive			granaatide
partitive		granaati	granaate granaatisid
illative		granaati granaadisse	granaatidesse granaadesse
inessive		granaadis	granaatides granaades
elative		granaadist	granaatidest granaadest
allative		granaadile	granaatidele granaadele
adessive		granaadil	granaatidel granaadel
ablative		granaadilt	granaatidelt granaadelt
translative		granaadiks	granaatideks granaadeks
terminative		granaadini	granaatideni
essive		granaadina	granaatidena
abessive		granaadita	granaatideta
comitative		granaadiga	granaatidega

Etymology 2

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Noun

granaat (genitive granaadi, partitive granaati)

1. (mineralogy) garnet

Declension

Declension of granaat (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		granaat	granaadid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	granaadi
genitive			granaatide
partitive		granaati	granaate granaatisid
illative		granaati granaadisse	granaatidesse granaadesse
inessive		granaadis	granaatides granaades
elative		granaadist	granaatidest granaadest
allative		granaadile	granaatidele granaadele
adessive		granaadil	granaatidel granaadel
ablative		granaadilt	granaatidelt granaadelt
translative		granaadiks	granaatideks granaadeks
terminative		granaadini	granaatideni
essive		granaadina	granaatidena
abessive		granaadita	granaatideta
comitative		granaadiga	granaatidega

Further reading

• “granaat”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• granaat in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

granaat c (plural granaten, diminutive granaatsje)

1. grenade, shell

Further reading

• “granaat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011