granulate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from granulation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, granule +‎ -ate. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæn.juːl.eɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæn.jul.eɪt/, /ˈɡɹæn.jəl.eɪt/ ==== Verb ==== granulate (third-person singular simple present granulates, present participle granulating, simple past and past participle granulated) (transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles. (intransitive) To collect or be formed into grains. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== grain granular granularity granulation granule ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From granule +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæn.juːl.ət/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæn.jul.ət/, /ˈɡɹæn.jəl.ət/ ==== Adjective ==== granulate (comparative more granulate, superlative most granulate) Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular. Having numerous small elevations, like shagreen. === References === === Further reading === “granulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “granulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== granulate feminine plural of granulato ==== Participle ==== granulate f pl feminine plural of granulato === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== granulate inflection of granulare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Anagrams === legnatura == Latin == === Adjective === grānulāte vocative masculine singular of grānulātus == Spanish == === Verb === granulate second-person singular voseo imperative of granular combined with te