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granitic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: G R AH0 N IH1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or containing granite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

hard as granite

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a granitic fist

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: granitelike, rocklike, stony

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his flinty gaze
  • the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flinty, flint, obdurate, stony

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English granite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English granitic From granite + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գրանիտե (granite) — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Asturian: graníticu — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Catalan: granític — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Esperanto: granita — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Finnish: graniittinen — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • French: granitique — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Galician: granítico — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • German: graniten — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • German: aus Granit (bestehend) — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Hungarian: gránit- — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Italian: granitico — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Norwegian Bokmål: granittisk — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: granittisk — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґранїтни (granjitni) — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґранїтови (granjitovi) — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґранїтов (granjitov) — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Polish: granitowy — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Portuguese: granítico — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Romanian: granitic — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Romanian: de granit — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Russian: гранитный (granitnyj) — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Spanish: granítico — of, pertaining to, or containing granite
  • Spanish: berroqueño — of, pertaining to, or containing granite