granite

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

granite

variant of granit formerly regularly pronounced \/ɡrani/ (victor hugo makes it rhyme with nid). but, from the seventeenth century onwards, french gradually reintroduced the final consonants in the pronunciation under the influence of the spelling. granite came to avoid the pronunciation in \/ni\/.

Definition

Plural

granitsgranites

Anagrams

gratinéintégrarégnait

Translations

See also

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