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): (Valencia) [ˈɡɾaɲ.d͡ʒa]

• Audio:

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Noun

granja f (plural granges)

1. farm

Derived terms

• granger
• macrogranja

References

• “granja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

• “granja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “granja” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “granja” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

• granjero
• macrogranja

 

Further reading

• “granja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10