grandeur

English

Etymology

From Old French grandeur, from grand, from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɹɑː.də/
• (US) IPA: /ɡɹænˈdʒɚ/

Noun

grandeur (uncountable)

1. The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
2. Nobility.
3. (archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.

Translations

The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence

• Catalan: grandesa (ca) f
• Russian: великолепие (ru) (velikolepije)

Nobility

• Russian: знатность (ru) (znatnostʹ)

Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness

• Russian: величие (ru) (veličije)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

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French

Etymology

grand +‎ -eur

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ/, X-SAMPA: /gRA~.d9R/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Homophone: grandeurs

Noun

grandeur f (plural grandeurs)

1. size
2. (physics, mathematics) magnitude, quantity
3. (astronomy) magnitude
4. grandeur

See also

• taille
• largeur
• hauteur