granule

See also: granulé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain +‎ -ule.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn.juːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn.jul/, /ˈɡɹæn.jəl/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

granule (plural granules)

1. A tiny grain, a small particle.
2. (biology) A small structure in a cell.
3. (geology) A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
4. (astronomy) a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).

Derived terms

• agranulocyte
• agranulosis
• anti-bumping granule, antibumping granule
• Birbeck granule
• Fordyce granule, Fordyce's granule
• granule cell
• granuliferous
• granuliform
• granulin
• granulite
• granulize
• granuloblast
• granulocyte
• granuloma
• granulometer
• granulometry
• granulopenia
• granulopoiesis
• granulose
• granzyme
• lamellar granule
• mesogranule
• microgranule
• nanogranule
• Nissl granule
• subgranule
• supergranule

 

Related terms

• grain
• granola
• granular
• granularity
• granulate
• granulation

 

Translations

small particle

• Bashkir: бөртөк (börtök)
• Bulgarian: зрънце (bg) n (zrǎnce), гранула (bg) f (granula)
• Catalan: grànul m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顆粒 / 颗粒 (zh) (kēlì)

• Dutch: korrel (nl) m
• Finnish: rae (fi), jyvänen (fi)
• French: granule (fr) f
• German: Körnchen n
• Japanese: 顆粒 (ja) (かりゅう, karyū), 粒 (ja) (つぶ, tsubu)
• Kazakh: түйір (tüiır)
• Macedonian: зрно n (zrno), зрнце n (zrnce), гранула f (granula)
• Persian: دانژه (dânže) (archaic)
• Portuguese: grânulo (pt) m
• Russian: гра́нула (ru) f (gránula), зерно́ (ru) n (zernó), зёрнышко (ru) n (zjórnyško), крупи́нка (ru) f (krupínka), песчи́нка (ru) f (pesčínka)
• Spanish: gránulo (es) m
• Swedish: korn (sv) n
• Turkish: granül (tr)

small structure in a cell

• Japanese: 顆粒 (ja) (かりゅう, karyū)
• Portuguese: grânulo (pt) m
• Tagalog: binutil
• Turkish: granül (tr)

geology: fragment of rock

• Dutch: korrel (nl) m
• Finnish: soranjyvä

mark on the sun

• Finnish: granula (fi)
• Macedonian: дамка f (damka)
• Portuguese: grânulo (pt) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Maori: ^{(please verify)} pata (mi)

Further reading

• “granule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “granule”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• langure, unregal

French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: granulent, granules

Verb

granule

1. inflection of granuler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

granule

1. inflection of granular:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative