Meanings
noungranule (plural granules)
plural granules
- geographyA particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- astronomya small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
- Proto-Italic*grānom
- Latingrānum
- Latinulum
- Latingrānulum
- Frenchgranule
- Englishgranule
Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule.
More words from French, Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian зрънце, гранула
- зрънце (zrănce)small particle
- гранула (granula)small particle
Catalan grànul
- grànulsmall particle
Chinese Mandarin 顆粒 /颗粒
- 顆粒 /颗粒 (kēlì)small particle
Dutch korrel, korrel
- korrelsmall particle
- korrelgeology: fragment of rock
Esperanto grajno
- grajnosmall particle
Finnish rae, jyvänen
- raesmall particle
- jyvänensmall particle
- soranjyvägeology: fragment of rock
- granulamark on the sun
French granule
- granulesmall particle
German Körnchen
- Körnchensmall particle
Irish gráinnín
- gráinnínsmall particle
Japanese 顆粒, 粒
- 顆粒 (karyū)small particle
- 粒 (tsubu)small particle
- 顆粒 (karyū)small structure in a cell
Persian دانژه
- دانژه (dânže)small particle
Polish granula, komórka pęcherzykowa
- granulasmall particle
- komórka pęcherzykowasmall structure in a cell
- komórka ziarnistasmall structure in a cell
- kryształgeology: fragment of rock
- ziarnogeology: fragment of rock
- granulamark on the sun
Portuguese grânulo, grânulo
- grânulosmall particle
- grânulosmall structure in a cell
- grânulomark on the sun
Russian гра́нула, зерно́
- гра́нула (gránula)small particle
- зерно́ (zernó)small particle
- зёрнышко (zjórnyško)small particle
- крупи́нка (krupínka)small particle
- песчи́нка (pesčínka)small particle
Spanish gránulo
- gránulosmall particle
Swedish korn
- kornsmall particle
Tagalog binutil
- binutilsmall structure in a cell
Turkish granül, granül
- granülsmall particle
- granülsmall structure in a cell
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Cite this entry
APA
granule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granule
MLA
“granule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granule. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “granule,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/granule.
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