grăunte

Romanian

Alternative forms

• grăunț

Etymology

Remade analogically as a singular from the original form grăunț (later interpreted as a plural), itself from an alteration of an earlier *grănuț with a nasal infix, from Vulgar Latin root *granuceum or *granutium, ultimately from Latin grānum. Compare Aromanian gãrnuts.

Noun

grăunte m (plural grăunți)

1. grain (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops), corn

   Synonyms: bob, grâne

2. seed

   Synonyms: sămânță, boabă

Declension

Declension of grăunte

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	grăunte	grăunteul		grăunți	grăunții
genitive-dative	grăunte	grăunteului		grăunți	grăunților
vocative	grăunteule			grăunților

Related terms

• grâu