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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesgranita
Pronunciation / Transliteration: granita
"Ho ordinato una granita al limone per rinfrescarmi."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A semi-frozen drink made of flavored ice and syrup.
"On a hot summer afternoon, the children ran to the corner store to buy blue raspberry slushies."
- 1
Partly melted and watery, resembling slush.
"Drivers had to navigate carefully through the slushy snow covering the morning roads."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'slush', which emerged in the 17th century to describe melting snow or watery mud, likely of imitative origin or related to Scandinavian dialect terms. The suffix '-y' was added to form an adjective meaning resembling slush, which later substantively evolved into a term for a semi-frozen flavored beverage in the 20th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Slushy" is said worldwide
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granité
Transliteration: granite
"Il fait si chaud que je veux un granité."
Slusheis
Transliteration: Slusheis
"Die Kinder trinken im Sommer gerne Slusheis."
granita
Transliteration: granita
"Ho ordinato una granita al limone per rinfrescarmi."
granizado
Transliteration: granizado
"Pedimos un granizado de fresa en la playa."
raspadinha
Transliteration: raspadinha
"Comprei uma raspadinha de morango no parque."
बर्फ़ का गोला
Transliteration: barf ka gola
"गर्मी में बच्चों ने बर्फ़ का गोला खाया।"
冰沙
Transliteration: bīngshā
"天气太热了，我想喝一杯果味冰沙。"
슬러시
Transliteration: seulleosi
"더운 날씨에 시원한 슬러시를 마셨다."
フラッペ
Transliteration: furappe
"暑いので、冷たいフラッペを注文しました。"
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