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granule

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡɹæn.juːl/
  • US: /ˈɡɹæn.jul/
  • US: /ˈɡɹæn.jəl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G R AE1 N Y AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tiny grain, a small particle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A small structure in a cell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a tiny grain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: grain

Narrower terms: microsome, chondrule, plastid

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: бөртөк (börtök) — small particle
  • Bulgarian: зрънце (zrǎnce) — small particle
  • Bulgarian: гранула (granula) — small particle
  • Catalan: grànul — small particle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顆粒 /颗粒 (kēlì) — small particle
  • Dutch: korrel — small particle
  • Esperanto: grajno — small particle
  • Finnish: rae — small particle
  • Finnish: jyvänen — small particle
  • French: granule — small particle
  • German: Körnchen — small particle
  • Irish: gráinnín — small particle
  • Japanese: 顆粒 (karyū) — small particle
  • Japanese: 粒 (tsubu) — small particle
  • Kazakh: түйір (tüiır) — small particle
  • Macedonian: зрно (zrno) — small particle
  • Macedonian: зрнце (zrnce) — small particle
  • Macedonian: гранула (granula) — small particle
  • Persian: دانژه (dânže) — small particle
  • Polish: granula — small particle
  • Portuguese: grânulo — small particle
  • Russian: гра́нула (gránula) — small particle
  • Russian: зерно́ (zernó) — small particle
  • Russian: зёрнышко (zjórnyško) — small particle
  • Russian: крупи́нка (krupínka) — small particle
  • Russian: песчи́нка (pesčínka) — small particle
  • Spanish: gránulo — small particle
  • Swedish: korn — small particle
  • Turkish: granül — small particle
  • Japanese: 顆粒 (karyū) — small structure in a cell
  • Polish: komórka pęcherzykowa — small structure in a cell
  • Polish: komórka ziarnista — small structure in a cell
  • Portuguese: grânulo — small structure in a cell
  • Tagalog: binutil — small structure in a cell
  • Turkish: granül — small structure in a cell
  • Dutch: korrel — geology: fragment of rock
  • Finnish: soranjyvä — geology: fragment of rock
  • Polish: kryształ — geology: fragment of rock
  • Polish: ziarno — geology: fragment of rock
  • Finnish: granula — mark on the sun
  • Macedonian: дамка (damka) — mark on the sun
  • Polish: granula — mark on the sun
  • Portuguese: grânulo — mark on the sun