granita

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/ɡɹəˈniːtə/

noun

An Italian dessert of fruit purée etc. on crushed ice.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

noungranita (countable and uncountable, plural granitas)

plural granitas

  1. countableuncountableAn Italian dessert of fruit purée etc. on crushed ice.

    For summer, add a new one: granita (pronounced gra-KNEE-ta), a cold coffee concoction.

    1995 July 19, Suzanne Hamlin, “Coffee Drinks That Are Cool and Creamy”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2022
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    You're gonna think I'm insane, but that's actually delicious. It's kind of like a savory granita.

    2024, Eitan Bernath, 0:15 from the start, in Shaved frozen cucumber tomato salad might sound absolutely insane, but it turned out to be a delicious savory granita. Don’t knock it till you try it! #shavedice #recipe #tomatoes #frozentreats #summercooking

Origin

  1. Italiangranita
  2. Englishgranita

Borrowed from Italian granita, from granire (“to granulate”). Compare granite.

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Translations

French granita
  • granitadessert
Hungarian granita
  • granitadessert
Italian granita, granite
  • granitadessert
  • granitedessert
Japanese グラニテ
  • グラニテ (guranite)dessert
Russian грани́та
  • грани́та (graníta)dessert
Swedish granita, granité
  • granitadessert
  • granitédessert
Turkish granita
  • granitadessert

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Cite this entry
APA

granita. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granita

MLA

“granita.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granita. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “granita,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granita.

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