Meaning
maize, corn
- maize (the plant and its edible kernels)
In a sentence
La farina di granturco è l'ingrediente principale della polenta.
Cornmeal is the main ingredient in polenta.
Abbiamo attraversato una campagna piena di campi di granturco.
We drove across countryside filled with cornfields.
Le pannocchie di granturco vengono raccolte a fine estate.
The ears of corn are harvested at the end of summer.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| granturco | masculine · singular |
| granturchi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Also written as two words ('gran turco'); 'mais' is a very common synonym.
- The plural is 'granturchi', preserving the hard /k/ sound with 'ch'.