Significado
wheat, corn
- grain (of cereal, or small piece of something)
- bead (of the rosary)
- peppercorn
En una frase
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.
Formas de la palabra (2)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| grano | masculine · singular |
| grani | masculine · plural |
Notas de uso
- 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.