粒状の
解説 Definition
granulated は granulate（粒状にする、粒になる）の過去分詞から来た形容詞で、粒状のという意味です。砂糖や薬剤、材料などが細かい粒になっている状態を表します。
Formed, processed, or presented as small separate grains or particles. The adjective is commonly used for substances such as sugar, medicine, chemicals, and other materials that have been made into an easily handled granular form.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
granulate「粒状にする」の語末 e を落として -ed を付けた過去分詞・形容詞で、発音の末尾は /ɪd/ です。granule「小粒」や grain「粒」と結び付け、granulated sugar、granulated medicine のように、粉一色ではなく細かな粒へ加工された状態を思い浮かべます。
Link granulated with granule, meaning “a small grain.” It is the past-participle form of granulate: the final e is dropped before -ed, and the ending is pronounced /ɪd/ because the verb ends in /t/. Picture granulated sugar as many small, separate crystals rather than one solid mass or an extremely fine powder. Useful combinations include granulated sugar, granulated medicine, and granulated material, all emphasizing a substance that has been formed or processed into small particles.
例文
She added granulated sugar to the bowl.
彼女はボウルにグラニュー糖を加えました。
The medicine comes in a granulated form.
その薬は粒状の形で提供されます。
Granulated materials are easier to measure in this process.
この工程では、粒状の材料のほうが量りやすいです。
granulated の類義語・関連語
granulated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 granulum（小さな粒）から派生。granum（穀粒・種）の指小形で、「粒にする」を意味する granulate の形容詞形。grain（穀物）や granule（顆粒）と同根。砂糖や塩が細かい粒に加工された状態を表す。
Granulated comes from the verb granulate, formed from Latin granulum, “a small grain,” the diminutive of granum, “grain or seed.” Granule and grain belong to the same wider historical word family. The suffix -ate creates a verb meaning “to form into grains,” and -ed supplies the participial adjective describing a material that has undergone that process.
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