Meaning
wheat, corn
- grain (of cereal, or small piece of something)
- bead (of the rosary)
- peppercorn
In a sentence
Quest'anno il grano cresce bene nei campi.
This year the wheat is growing well in the fields.
Hai messo un grano di pepe nella salsa?
Did you put a peppercorn in the sauce?
Non ho trovato un solo grano di riso.
I didn't find a single grain of rice.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| grano | masculine · singular |
| grani | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- For the crop/ingredient, grano usually means wheat. Corn as maize is mais in modern standard Italian.
- Use chicco for a single grain or kernel; grano often refers to grain collectively or the cereal itself.
- In everyday modern Italian, the money sense is colloquial and dated; soldi is the normal word.