grain

common nounadverb

Syllable Decomposition

grain

From Latin granum (grain). Used from 1552 in the sense of "storm, wind", perhaps because of hailstones, squalls that can accompany it.

Definitions

bijouterie
physique
météorologiemarine

Synonyms

Plural

grains

Hyponyms

grenassegrainasse

Translations

  • englishenglish:granule
  • spanishspanish:gránulo
  • italianitalian:grano
  • portugueseportuguese:grão
  • swedishswedish:korn
  • germangerman:Korn
  • finnishfinnish:jyvä
  • dutchdutch:zaadkorrel

See also

graniter (v.) granité (adj.) granite (cn.) désengrener (v.) granulosité (cn.) grainer (v.) dégréner (v.) graniteux (adj.) grain (adv.) graine (cn.) grenu (adj.) granulé (adj.) granule (cn.) granit (cn.) granaire (adj.) engrainage (cn.) granularité (cn.) granulaire (adj.) granitiser (v.) engrenage (cn.)