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granata

grenade

noun grah-NAH-tah Rare
People & Society Military

Origin: From Latin granatum (having seeds), via (mela)granata, pomegranate.

Also means

pomegranate (archaic/regional)

Usage Note

Granata primarily means a hand grenade (granata a mano) or artillery shell in modern Italian; the seeds of a pomegranate suggested the fragments of an exploding shell. In some regions and in older usage it also means a pomegranate (more commonly melograno). Plural: granate.

Examples

"Il soldato ha lanciato una granata verso il nemico."

Natural Translation

The soldier threw a grenade at the enemy.

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