granulate

See also: Granulate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from granulation.^[1] By surface analysis, granule +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

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

    • Audio (General American):

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

Verb

granulate (third-person singular simple present granulates, present participle granulating, simple past and past participle granulated)

1. (transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles.
2. (intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains.

   Cane juice granulates into sugar.

Related terms

• grain
• granular
• granularity
• granulation
• granule

Translations

to segment into tiny grains

Bulgarian: раздробявам (bg) (razdrobjavam), гранулирам (granuliram) Finnish: rakeistaa (fi) French: grainer (fr), granuler (fr) Galician: granular (gl) German: granulieren Hungarian: granulál (hu) Ido: granigar (io) Irish: meil (metal), gránaigh (sugar) Spanish: granular (es)

Adjective

granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)

1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
2. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen.

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “granulate (v.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

granulate

1. feminine plural of granulato

Participle

granulate f pl

1. feminine plural of granulato

Etymology 2

Verb

granulate

1. inflection of granulare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• legnatura

Latin

Adjective

grānulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of grānulātus

Spanish

Verb

granulate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of granular combined with te