adj
Meaning 1
Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a granular substance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
granular
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lɚ/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈɡɹɛən.jə.lɚ] /æ/ raising
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Australian: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.lə(ɹ)/
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New-Zealand: /ˈɡɹɛn.jə.lə(ɹ)/
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adj
Meaning 2
Grainy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It has a granular structure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Refined or precise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: transferred sense
Examples
- This should allow for a more granular degree of control
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
having a granular structure like that of chondrites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chondritic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- granular sugar
- the photographs were grainy and indistinct
- it left a mealy residue
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granulose, gritty, mealy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Late Latin grānulum (“granule, little grain”), diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain, seed”), + -ar. By surface analysis, granule + -ar. Compare French granulaire.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зърнист (zǎrnist) — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Bulgarian: гранулиран (granuliran) — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Catalan: granular — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Finnish: rakeinen — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- French: granuleux — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- French: granulaire — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Galician: granular — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Galician: granuloso — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- German: körnig — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Ancient Greek: χονδρός (khondrós) — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Hungarian: szemcsés — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Northern Kurdish: danikî — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Māori: one — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Polish: ziarnisty — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Russian: зернистый (zernistyj) — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Spanish: granuloso — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Swedish: grynig — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Ukrainian: зерни́стий (zernýstyj) — consisting of, or resembling, grains
- Ukrainian: гранульо́ваний (hranulʹóvanyj) — consisting of, or resembling, grains
Real reading context