granule

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granule

/ˈɡɹæn.juːl/ UK
/ˈɡɹæn.jul/ US
/ˈɡɹæn.jəl/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule.

noun granules

A tiny grain, a small particle.
A small structure in a cell.
A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).

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noun small particle

Español	gránulo
日本語	顆粒 karyū, 粒 tsubu
中文	顆粒 /颗粒 kēlì
Português	grânulo
Français	granule
Deutsch	Körnchen
Русский	гра́нула gránula, зерно́ zernó, зёрнышко zjórnyško, крупи́нка krupínka, песчи́нка pesčínka

noun small structure in a cell

日本語	顆粒 karyū
Português	grânulo

noun mark on the sun

Português	grânulo

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Chicago

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@misc{granule_2026,
  title = {granule},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/granule},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}