granat

Named after the pomegranate fruit. Derived from granar. Cf. granada and magrana. Compare also French French grenat.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ɡɾəˈnat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈnat/
• Rhymes: -at

granat (feminine granada, masculine plural granats, feminine plural granades)

1. garnet

granat m (plural granats)

1. garnet (the gem and the color)

granat m (feminine granada, masculine plural granats, feminine plural granades)

1. past participle of granar

• “granat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

granat c (singular definite granaten, plural indefinite granater)

1. grenade
2. garnet

• (grenade): håndgranat

• “granat” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.nat/

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Ultimately derived from Latin granatum (“pomegranate”)

granat m inan

1. pomegranate, fruit of tree of genus Punica
2. navy blue

• granatowy

From Italian granata (“grenade, pomegranate, maroon”), from Latin granatus (“having many seeds or grains”)

granat m inan

1. grenade (explosive device)
2. (mineralogy) garnet

See above.

• granat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

granat m (Cyrillic spelling гранат)

1. pomegranate
2. garnet

• (pomegranate): mogranj, morski šipak, nar

The weapon and mineral are named after the fruit. Latin pomum granatum means an apple with many seeds, from Latin granum (“seed”). Spanish influence formed the French grenade, which became granat in German, Danish, and Swedish. Used in Swedish since 1578 (fruit, the compound granatäpple already in 1541), 1568 (mineral), 1623 (weapon).

granat c

1. (archaic) a pomegranate (fruit)
2. (archaic) a pomegranate (tree)
3. (mineralogy) a garnet, a group of minerals with regular crystals
4. grenade (weapon)

• granatäpple
• handgranat

• granat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.