granaat

From Dutch granaat, Middle Dutch garnate, grenate, from Old French grenat, from Latin pomus granatus (“seeded apple”).

• IPA^(key): /χraˈnɑːt/

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granaat (plural granate)

1. grenade
2. garnet
3. pomegranate

• → Xhosa: irharnate

• granate (obsolete, dialectal)

From Middle Dutch garnate, grenate, from Old French grenat, from Latin pomus granatus (“seeded apple”).

• IPA^(key): /ɣraːˈnaːt/

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• Hyphenation: gra‧naat
• Rhymes: -aːt

granaat f or m (plural granaten, diminutive granaatje n)

1. a grenade; e.g. a hand grenade, an artillery shell
2. a garnet

   Synonym: granaatsteen

3. (archaic) a pomegranate (fruit)

   Synonym: granaatappel

4. (archaic) pomegranate plant (Punica granatum)

   Synonyms: granaatappel, granaatappelboom

• grenadier

• Afrikaans: granaat
  • → Xhosa: irharnate
• → Indonesian: granat
• → West Frisian: granaat

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granaat (genitive granaadi, partitive granaati)

1. grenade

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granaat (genitive granaadi, partitive granaati)

1. (mineralogy) garnet

• “granaat”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• granaat in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

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granaat c (plural granaten, diminutive granaatsje)

1. grenade, shell

• “granaat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011