granja

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan granja, borrowed from Old French grange, from Vulgar Latin *grānica. First attested in 1323.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡɾaɲ.ʒə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈɡɾaɲ.d͡ʒa]
  • (file)

Noun

granja f (plural granges)

  1. farm

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese grangia, from Old French grange (barn), from Vulgar Latin *grānica (grain storage barn, granary; grange, small farm), from Latin grānum (grain) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Galician granxa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/

  • Hyphenation: gran‧ja

Noun

granja f (plural granjas)

  1. a small farm
    Synonyms: quinta, sítio
  2. barn (a farm building used for storage or keeping animals)
    Synonym: celeiro
  3. (Brazil) a poultry farm

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish granja (barn), from Old French grange, Vulgar Latin *grānica (grain storage barn, granary; grange, small farm), from Latin grānum (grain) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾanxa/ [ˈɡɾãŋ.xa]
  • Rhymes: -anxa
  • Syllabification: gran‧ja

Noun

granja f (plural granjas)

  1. farm, grange
    Synonyms: campo, estancia, finca, hacienda, pago

Derived terms

Further reading

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