"grainy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-grainy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: grainier [comparative], grainiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪni Etymology: From Middle English greyny, equivalent to grain + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|greyny}} Middle English greyny, {{suf|en|grain|y|id2=adjectival}} grain + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} grainy (comparative grainier, superlative grainiest)
  1. Resembling grains; granular. Translations (granular): körnig (German), tongitongi (english: Of images) (Maori)
    Sense id: en-grainy-en-adj-5QPH-V12 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 46 54 Disambiguation of 'granular': 88 12
  2. Coarsely ground or gritty. Translations (gritty): grobkörnig (German), māngūngungu (Maori)
    Sense id: en-grainy-en-adj-4p-PQVhJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 46 54 Disambiguation of 'gritty': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grainily, graininess

Inflected forms

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