grana

== English == === Noun === grana plural of granum === Anagrams === Nagra, Ragan, argan, ranga == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɾa.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡɾa.na] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin grāna, plural of grānum (“grain”). ==== Noun ==== grana f (plural granes) seed Synonym: llavor ===== Related terms ===== gra magrana ==== Noun ==== grana m (plural granes) cochineal Synonym: cotxinilla scarlet, carmine (color/colour) Synonym: carmí ===== Derived terms ===== blaugrana === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== grana inflection of granar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “grana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “grana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “grana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “grana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡra.na/ Rhymes: -ana Hyphenation: grà‧na === Etymology 1 === From Latin grāna, from grānum (“grain”). ==== Noun ==== grana f (plural grane) grain (figurative, informal) trouble, nuisance Synonyms: fastidio, noia, seccatura ===== Related terms ===== grano === Etymology 2 === Ellipsis of formaggio di grana. ==== Noun ==== grana m (invariable) a cheese similar to parmesan Synonym: parmigiano === Etymology 3 === Perhaps from grano. ==== Noun ==== grana f (plural grane) (informal) cash Synonym: soldi ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: grana === Anagrams === Argan, nagra, ragna == Latin == === Noun === grāna nominative/accusative/vocative plural of grānum === References === "grana", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === granen === Noun === grana m or f definite feminine singular of gran == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === grana f definite singular of gran == Old English == === Noun === grana m Definition unclear, perhaps "one who has a mustache". ==== Related terms ==== granu === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “grana”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡra.na/ Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: gra‧na === Participle === grana feminine nominative/vocative singular of grany == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ Hyphenation: gra‧na === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian grana (“cash < grain”), from Latin granum (“grain”). Compare grão. ==== Noun ==== grana f (uncountable) (slang) money; cash; dough Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dinheiro === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== grana inflection of granar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “grana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “grana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grana (cognate with dialectal or obsolete Bulgarian гран (gran)/гранка (granka)), from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with German Granne (“awn”), Old English granu (“moustache”) and Old Norse grǫn (“a pine tree”) ( > Danish gran (“spruce”)). Compare Old Norse grein (“branch”) ( > Danish gren). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrǎːna/ Hyphenation: gra‧na Rhymes: -ǎːna === Noun === grána f (Cyrillic spelling гра́на) branch slomljena grana ― a broken branch bolje vrabac u ruci nego golub na grani ― a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush field, branch grana znanosti/nauke ― a branch of science Turizam je strateška gospodarska grana. ― Tourism is a strategic branch of the economy. ==== Declension ==== ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:grana. === Further reading === “grana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɾana/ [ˈɡɾa.na] Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: gra‧na === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== grana inflection of granar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === From granar +‎ -a. ==== Noun ==== grana f (plural granas) seeding (event of a plant's production of seeds) === Etymology 3 === From grano +‎ -a, from Latin grānum. ==== Noun ==== grana f (plural granas) cochineal kermes (insect genus) burgundy, dark red (color/colour) ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “grana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025