granat
Catalan
Etymology
Named after the pomegranate fruit. Derived from granar. Cf. granada and magrana. Compare also French grenat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡɾəˈnat]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡɾaˈnat]
Audio (Valencia): (file) - Rhymes: -at
Adjective
granat (feminine granada, masculine plural granats, feminine plural granades)
Noun
granat m (plural granats)
- garnet (the gem and the color)
Hyponyms
Participle
granat (feminine granada, masculine plural granats, feminine plural granades)
- past participle of granar
Further reading
- “granat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Noun
granat c (singular definite granaten, plural indefinite granater)
Declension
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | granat | granaten | granater | granaterne |
genitive | granats | granatens | granaters | granaternes |
Derived terms
- (grenade): håndgranat
References
- “granat” in Den Danske Ordbog
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch granaat, from Middle Dutch garnate, grenate, from Old French grenat, from Latin pomus granatus (“seeded apple”).
Pronunciation
Noun
granat (first-person possessive granatku, second-person possessive granatmu, third-person possessive granatnya)
- (military) grenade: a small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a grenade launcher.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “granat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin grānātum.
Noun
granat m inan (related adjective granatowy)
- pomegranate (fruit of tree of genus Punica)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian granata, from Latin granatus.
Noun
granat m inan
- grenade (explosive device)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from German Granat, from Latin grānātum.
Noun
granat m inan
Etymology 4
Back-formation from granatowy.
Noun
granat m inan
Declension
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)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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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
- granat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
granat m (Cyrillic spelling гранат)
- pomegranate
- Synonyms: mogranj, morski šipak, nar
- 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
- (weaponry) a grenade
- granatkarbin
- grenade launcher (as a stand-alone weapon)
- granattillsats
- grenade launcher (as an attachment to a weapon)
- handgranat
- hand grenade
- (weaponry) a shell
- granatgevär
- recoilless rifle ("shell rifle")
- granatkastare
- mortar ("shell thrower")
- (archaic) a pomegranate (fruit)
- Synonym: granatäpple
- (archaic) a pomegranate (tree)
- (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
- chockgranat
- chockhandgranat
- gevärsgranat
- granatanfall
- granatattack
- granatbeskjutning
- granatchock
- granateld
- granatexplosion
- granatgevär
- granatgrop
- granathål
- granatkartesch
- granatkastare
- granatkrevad
- granatregn
- granatröd
- granatskärva
- granatsmycke
- granatsplitter
- granatäpple
- handgranat
- haubitsgranat
- pansargranat
- rökgranat
- rökhandgranat
- splittergranat
- spränggranat
- spränghandgranat
- tårgasgranat
Related terms
References
- granat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- granat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- granat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- granat in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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