"granite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹæn.ɪt/, /ˈɡɹæn.aɪt/ [rare] Audio: En-us-granite.ogg Forms: granites [plural]
Rhymes: -ænɪt Etymology: From French granit (“granite”), from Italian granito (“granite”), from granire (“to granulate”), from grano (“grain”), from Latin grānum (“grain”). Compare granita. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵerh₂-}}, {{bor|en|fr|granit||granite}} French granit (“granite”), {{der|en|it|granito||granite}} Italian granito (“granite”), {{der|en|la|grānum||grain}} Latin grānum (“grain”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} granite (countable and uncountable, plural granites)
  1. (petrology) A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rocks Hyponyms (rock): syenite Translations (type of rock): صَوَّان (ṣawwān) [masculine] (Arabic), غْرَانِيت (ḡrānīt) [masculine] (Arabic), قرانيت (grānīt) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), գրանիտ (granit) (Armenian), qranit (Azerbaijani), granito (Basque), грані́т (hranít) [masculine] (Belarusian), грани́т (granít) [masculine] (Bulgarian), နှမ်းဖတ်ကျောက် (hnam:hpatkyauk) (Burmese), granit [masculine] (Catalan), 花崗石 (Chinese Mandarin), 花岗石 (huāgāngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 花崗岩 (Chinese Mandarin), 花岗岩 (huāgāngyán) (Chinese Mandarin), žula [feminine] (Czech), granit [common-gender] (Danish), graniet [feminine] (Dutch), U2:T-W7 (mꜣṯ) (Egyptian), granito (Esperanto), graniit (Estonian), graniitti (Finnish), granite (english: specific/geological) [masculine] (French), granit (english: generic/commercial) [masculine] (French), granito [masculine] (Galician), pedra de gran [feminine] (Galician), გრანიტი (graniṭi) (Georgian), Granit [masculine] (German), γρανίτης (granítis) [masculine] (Greek), ग्रेनाइट (grenāiṭ) [masculine] (Hindi), gránit (Hungarian), granít [neuter] (Icelandic), granito (Ido), granit (Indonesian), granitta (Ingrian), harmaakivi (Ingrian), eibhear [masculine] (Irish), granito [masculine] (Italian), 花崗岩 (kakōgan) (alt: かこうがん) (Japanese), гранит (granit) (Kazakh), 화강암 (hwagang'am) (alt: 花崗巖) (Korean), гранит (granit) (Kyrgyz), granīts [masculine] (Latvian), granitas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Granit [masculine] (Luxembourgish), гранит (granit) [masculine] (Macedonian), granit (Malay), കരിങ്കല്ല് (kariṅkallŭ) (Malayalam), ōnewa (Maori), tokapata (Maori), боржин чулуу (boržin čuluu) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), granitt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), granitt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), گرانیت (gerânit) (Persian), سنگ خارا (sang-e xârâ) (Persian), granì [masculine] (Piedmontese), granit [masculine] (Polish), granito [masculine] (Portuguese), granit [neuter] (Romanian), granit [masculine] (Romansch), грани́т (granít) [masculine] (Russian), granit [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), гра̀нӣт [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), granit [masculine] (Slovak), žula [feminine] (Slovak), granit [masculine] (Slovene), granito [masculine] (Spanish), berroqueña [dated] (Spanish), granit [common-gender] (Swedish), tumbesi (Tagalog), batumbesi (Tagalog), хоро (xoro) (Tajik), хоросанг (xorosang) (Tajik), granit (Turkish), грані́т (hranít) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đá hoa cương (alt: 𥒥花岡) (Vietnamese), gwenithfaen [masculine] (Welsh), ithfaen [masculine] (Welsh), granyt [neuter] (West Frisian), גראַניט (granit) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  2. (uncountable, figurative) Toughness; the quality of having a thick skin or being rough. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
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Related terms: pegmatite, feldspar, quartz, granodiorite

Inflected forms

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        "A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown."
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          "text": "The neighbor is eventually able to sell her home despite Homer’s pants-less affronts to propriety and decency and Bart falls deeply and instantly for one of its new inhabitants, a tough but charming and funny tomboy girl named Laura (voiced by Sara Gilbert) with just the right combination of toughness and sweetness, granite and honey.",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bite on granite"
    },
    {
      "word": "cumulogranite"
    },
    {
      "word": "granite blue"
    },
    {
      "word": "Granite City"
    },
    {
      "word": "Granite County"
    },
    {
      "word": "Granite Falls"
    },
    {
      "word": "granitelike"
    },
    {
      "word": "granite poison"
    },
    {
      "word": "Graniteville"
    },
    {
      "word": "graniteware"
    },
    {
      "word": "granitic"
    },
    {
      "word": "granitification"
    },
    {
      "word": "granitiform"
    },
    {
      "word": "granitite"
    },
    {
      "word": "granitization"
    },
    {
      "word": "granitize"
    },
    {
      "word": "granitized"
    },
    {
      "word": "granitoid"
    },
    {
      "word": "granodiorite"
    },
    {
      "word": "granolith"
    },
    {
      "word": "microgranite"
    },
    {
      "word": "monzogranite"
    },
    {
      "word": "pregranitic"
    },
    {
      "word": "take for granite"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From French granit (“granite”), from Italian granito (“granite”), from granire (“to granulate”), from grano (“grain”), from Latin grānum (“grain”). Compare granita.",
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    {
      "sense": "rock",
      "word": "syenite"
    }
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      "word": "pegmatite"
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      "word": "feldspar"
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      "word": "quartz"
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      "word": "granodiorite"
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        "A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown."
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        "(petrology) A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown."
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        "natural-sciences",
        "petrology"
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        {
          "ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
          "text": "‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:",
          "text": "The neighbor is eventually able to sell her home despite Homer’s pants-less affronts to propriety and decency and Bart falls deeply and instantly for one of its new inhabitants, a tough but charming and funny tomboy girl named Laura (voiced by Sara Gilbert) with just the right combination of toughness and sweetness, granite and honey.",
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        "Toughness; the quality of having a thick skin or being rough."
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        "(uncountable, figurative) Toughness; the quality of having a thick skin or being rough."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæn.ɪt/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæn.aɪt/",
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      "rhymes": "-ænɪt"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣawwān",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَوَّان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḡrānīt",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "غْرَانِيت"
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      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "grānīt",
      "sense": "type of rock",
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        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "قرانيت"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "granit",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "գրանիտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "qranit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "granito"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hranít",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грані́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "granít",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грани́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hnam:hpatkyauk",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "နှမ်းဖတ်ကျောက်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "花崗石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huāgāngshí",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "花岗石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "花崗岩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huāgāngyán",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "花岗岩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žula"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "graniet"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "mꜣṯ",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "U2:T-W7"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "granito"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "graniit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "graniitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "specific/geological",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granite"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "generic/commercial",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granito"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pedra de gran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "graniṭi",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "გრანიტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "granítis",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γρανίτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "grenāiṭ",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ग्रेनाइट"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "gránit"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "granít"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "granito"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "granitta"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "harmaakivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eibhear"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granito"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かこうがん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakōgan",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "花崗岩"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "granit",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "гранит"
    },
    {
      "alt": "花崗巖",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwagang'am",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "화강암"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "granit",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "гранит"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granīts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "granit",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гранит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kariṅkallŭ",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "കരിങ്കല്ല്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "ōnewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "tokapata"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "boržin čuluu",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "боржин чулуу"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gerânit",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "گرانیت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sang-e xârâ",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "سنگ خارا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granì"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "granít",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грани́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гра̀нӣт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "žula"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "granito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "berroqueña"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "tumbesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "batumbesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xoro",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "хоро"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xorosang",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "хоросанг"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "granit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hranít",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грані́т"
    },
    {
      "alt": "𥒥花岡",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "word": "đá hoa cương"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwenithfaen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ithfaen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "granyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "granit",
      "sense": "type of rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "גראַניט"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "granite"
  ],
  "word": "granite"
}

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