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granite

French, noun

granite is spelled G-R-A-N-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Granite is a French masculine noun meaning “granite (specific or geological term)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, granité is a different word: “granita (sorbet)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Roche plutonique essentiellement de feldspaths et de quartz dans des proportions bien définies, ainsi…”.

What does granite mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinegranite (specific or geological term)

noun

as granité
  1. 1

    masculinegranita (sorbet)

verb

as granité
  1. 1

    past participle of graniter

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Roche plutonique essentiellement de feldspaths et de quartz dans des proportions bien définies, ainsi qu'éventuellement de mica ou d'amphibole ayant une structure grenue.

adjective: 1. Qui présente des grains comme le granit.

noun: 1. Tissu de laine à gros grains. 2. Sorbet fait primitivement avec de la neige et du sirop, le terme s’applique plus actuellement à des jus de fruit en train de givrer, avec des morceaux de glace en cours de formation.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of granite

  • granites plural
  • granités plural
  • granitée feminine
  • granitées feminine plural
  • granit

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to granite

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is granite in French?

granite appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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