grăunte

Romanian

Alternative forms

grăunț

Etymology

Remade analogically as a singular from the original form grăunț (later interpreted as a plural), itself from an alteration of an earlier *grănuț with a nasal infix, from Vulgar Latin root *granuceum or *granutium, ultimately from Latin grānum. Compare Aromanian gãrnuts.

Noun

grăunte m (plural grăunți)

grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops), corn
Synonyms: bob, grâne
seed
Synonyms: sămânță, boabă

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	grăunte	grăunteul	grăunți	grăunții
genitive-dative	grăunte	grăunteului	grăunți	grăunților
vocative	grăunteule		grăunților

Related terms

grâu