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grenade

/ɡɹəˈneɪd/gruh-NAYD
/ɡɹəˈneɪd/gruh-NAYD

Meaningpomegranate

Common meaning: small explosive weapon thrown or launched

Journey through time

  1. Spanishgranada‘pomegranate’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftspomegranate → full of seedsgranatus‘full of seeds’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsfull of seeds → a pomegranetgrenade‘a pomegranet’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa pomegranet → small explosive weapon thrown or launchedgrenade‘small explosive weapon thrown or launched’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Spanish granada ‘pomegranate’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry GRENADE, p. 243 · dictionary scan

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