grão

Inherited from Latin grānum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾã.u/

grão m (plural grãos)

1. grain

• Galician: gran
• Portuguese: grão

• gram (obsolete)
• graõ (obsolete)
• grao (obsolete)

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: grão

From Old Galician-Portuguese grão, from Latin grānum. Cognate with Galician gran, Spanish grano, and Catalan gra.

grão m (plural grãos)

1. grain, seed of various grass crops
2. grain, similar particles of any substance

   Synonyms: glóbulo, partícula, grânulo

3. (historical) grao, Portuguese grain, a former small Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 4.6 mm
4. (historical) grao, Portuguese grain, a former small Portuguese unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg

• (unit of length): ponto (¹⁄₂₄ grão), linha (¹⁄₂ grão), dedo (4 grãos), polegada (6 grãos)
• (unit of mass): vintém (2+¹⁄₄ grãos), quilate (4 grãos), escrópulo (24 grãos), oitava (72 grãos), onça (576 grãos)

From Old Galician-Portuguese gran, clipping of grande (“great, big”).

grão (feminine grã, masculine plural grãos, feminine plural grãs)

1. (rare outside compounds) grand; great; grand-

   Synonym: grande