Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

granularize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gran-u-lar-ize
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make granular; to divide or resolve into granules.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English granular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English granularize From granular + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

granularizes (present, singular) granularizing (participle, present) granularized (participle, past) granularized (past)

Questions

What does granularize mean?: To make granular; to divide or resolve into granules.
Where does granularize come from?: Etymology tree English granular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English granularize From granular + -ize.

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