granato

From Italian granato, Russian грана́т (granát), Polish granat, all from Latin grānātum. Compare French grenade, Spanish granado.

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈnato/

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: gra‧na‧to

granato (accusative singular granaton, plural granatoj, accusative plural granatojn)

1. pomegranate

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈna.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: gra‧nà‧to

Borrowed from Latin grānātus (“having many seeds or grains”), derived from grānum (“grain, seed”).

granato (feminine granata, masculine plural granati, feminine plural granate)

1. grained (having grains)
2. crimson

• melo granato/mela granata
• pomo granato

granato m (plural granati) (archaic)

1. pomegranate (tree)
2. pomegranate (fruit)

From grano (“wheat”) +‎ -ato.

granato (feminine granata, masculine plural granati, feminine plural granate) (archaic)

1. having formed grains
2. (figurative) strong, vigorous, sturdy

From granato (“pomegranate”), due to the stone's color resembling that of the pomegranate's seeds.

granato m (plural granati)

1. (mineralogy, uncountable) garnet (gemstone)
2. (mineralogy, uncountable) synonym of piropo (“pyrope”)
3. one of several synthetic red dyes

• granato bianco
• granato di Boemia
• granato ferrico
• granato nobile

Noun use of the adjective granato (“having seeds or grains”).

granato m (plural granati)

1. synonym of melograno (“pomegranate tree”)

• granato¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• granato² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• granato³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• granato⁴ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Tanagro, ragnato, targano

grānātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of grānātus