granulate

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UK/ˈɡɹæn.juːl.eɪt/US/ˈɡɹæn.jul.eɪt/US/ˈɡɹæn.jəl.eɪt/UK/ˈɡɹæn.juːl.ət/

verb

To segment into tiny grains or particles.

“Cane juice granulates into sugar.”

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grain
OriginEnglish granule ← French granule ← Latin grānulum →
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Meanings

granulate1

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

present singular third person granulates · participle present granulating · participle past granulated · past granulated

  1. transitiveTo segment into tiny grains or particles.
  2. intransitiveTo collect or be formed into grains.

    Cane juice granulates into sugar.

granulate2

adjectivegranulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate)

comparative more granulate · superlative most granulate

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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbform into grains

Similar
grain
Broader
form

verbbecome granular

Similar
grain
Broader
change shapechange formdeform
Also see
grain

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

granulate · verb

Back-formation from granulation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, granule + -ate.

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granulate · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
  4. Proto-Italic*grānom
  5. Latingrānum
  6. Latinulum
  7. Latingrānulum
  8. Frenchgranule
  9. Englishgranule
  10. Englishgranulate

From granule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Translations

Bulgarian раздробявам, гранулирам
  • раздробявам (razdrobjavam)to segment into tiny grains
  • гранулирам (granuliram)to segment into tiny grains
Catalan granular
  • granularto segment into tiny grains
Finnish rakeistaa
  • rakeistaato segment into tiny grains
French grainer, granuler
  • grainerto segment into tiny grains
  • granulerto segment into tiny grains
German granulieren
  • granulierento segment into tiny grains
Hungarian granulál
  • granulálto segment into tiny grains
Irish meil, gránaigh
  • meilto segment into tiny grains
  • gránaighto segment into tiny grains
Italian granulare, granuloso
  • granulareto segment into tiny grains
  • granulosoto segment into tiny grains
Polish granulować, zgranulować
  • granulowaćto segment into tiny grains
  • zgranulowaćto segment into tiny grains
Portuguese granular
  • granularto segment into tiny grains
Spanish granular
  • granularto segment into tiny grains
Cite this entry
APA

granulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granulate

MLA

“granulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granulate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “granulate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granulate.

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