granulite
French, noun\ɡʁa.ny.lit\
granulite is spelled G-R-A-N-U-L-I-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Granulite is a French feminine noun meaning “granulite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variété de granite sans muscovite, riche en feldspath, avec du grenat et du pyroxène. Elle est de teinte…”.
What does granulite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegranulite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variété de granite sans muscovite, riche en feldspath, avec du grenat et du pyroxène. Elle est de teinte généralement rosâtre, de grain très fin, appartenant à la deuxième période de roches éruptives anciennes. 2. Roche métamorphique à texture massive composée de quartz et de feldspaths alcalins, mais pauvre en micas.
noun: 1. Taille des matériaux sous forme de grains.
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 granulite
- granulites plural
- granulités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce granulite?
- \ɡʁa.ny.lit\
- \ɡʁa.ny.li.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is granulite in French?
granulite appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).