grenade
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pomum (“apple”) + granatum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹəˈneɪd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪd
Noun
grenade (plural grenades)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- hand grenade
- pineapple grenade
- potato-masher grenade
- rocket-propelled grenade
Related terms
Translations
pomegranate — see pomegranate
small explosive device
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Verb
grenade (third-person singular simple present grenades, present participle grenading, simple past and past participle grenaded)
- To use grenade(s) upon.
- 2001, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, Island Victory: The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, page 43:
- Some of the infantry got pinned down by it, and from cover kept up the battle by grenading rubble piles or any other likely spots ahead of them.
- 2015, Gordon L. Rottman, The Hand Grenade, page 46:
- They advanced after grenading the next traverse, much like the British did.
- 2001, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, Island Victory: The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, page 43:
French
Etymology
Substantive use of Old French grenate in pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), from dialectal northern Italian pom granat, from Medieval Latin pomum granatum (“seeded fruit”), from Latin grānātum. The -d- developed under influence from Spanish granada.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁə.nad/
Audio (file)
Noun
grenade f (plural grenades)
- pomegranate
- grenade
- insignia, badge
- (heraldry) pomegranate (Grenade de guerre is used in French to describe a grenade in English heraldry).
Further reading
- “grenade” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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