granite
common nounverb
Syllable Decomposition
granitevariant of granit formerly regularly pronounced /ɡrani/ (Victor Hugo makes it rhyme with nid). But, from the seventeenth century onwards, French gradually reintroduced final consonants in pronunciation under the influence of spelling. Granite came to avoid the pronunciation in /-ni/.
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graniter (v.) granité (adj.) granitées (adj.) granitées (v.) granitant (v.) granités (v.) granitons (v.) granitez (v.) granitent (v.) granitais (v.) granitait (v.) granitions (v.) granitiez (v.) granitaient (v.) granitai (v.) granitas (v.) granitâmes (v.) granitâtes (v.) granitèrent (v.) graniterai (v.)