granato

See also: Granato

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granato

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Etymology

From Italian granato, Russian грана́т (granát), Polish granat, all from Latin grānātum. Compare French grenade, Spanish granado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈnato/

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: gra‧na‧to

Noun

granato (accusative singular granaton, plural granatoj, accusative plural granatojn)

1. pomegranate

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈna.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: gra‧nà‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin grānātus (“having many seeds or grains”), derived from grānum (“grain, seed”).

Adjective

granato (feminine granata, masculine plural granati, feminine plural granate)

1. grained (having grains)
2. crimson

Derived terms

• melo granato/mela granata
• pomo granato

Noun

granato m (plural granati) (archaic)

1. pomegranate (tree)
2. pomegranate (fruit)

Etymology 2

From grano (“wheat”) +‎ -ato.

Adjective

granato (feminine granata, masculine plural granati, feminine plural granate) (archaic)

1. having formed grains
2. (figurative) strong, vigorous, sturdy

Etymology 3

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

granato

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From granato (“pomegranate”), due to the stone's color resembling that of the pomegranate's seeds.

Noun

granato m (plural granati)

1. (mineralogy, uncountable) garnet (gemstone)
2. (mineralogy, uncountable) synonym of piropo (“pyrope”)
3. one of several synthetic red dyes

Derived terms

• granato bianco
• granato di Boemia
• granato ferrico
• granato nobile

Etymology 4

Noun use of the adjective granato (“having seeds or grains”).

Noun

granato m (plural granati)

1. synonym of melograno (“pomegranate tree”)

Further reading

• granato¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• granato² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• granato³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• granato⁴ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Tanagro, ragnato, targano

Latin

Adjective

grānātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of grānātus