Wiktionary

grand

See also: Grand, grànd, gränd, grãnd, grand-, and grand'

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹænd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

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AdjectiveEdit

grand (comparative grander or more grand, superlative grandest or most grand)

  1. (augmentative) Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
    1. Of a large size or extent; great.
      a grand mountain
      a grand army
      a grand mistake
    2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.
      a grand monarch
      a grand view
      His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.
      • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
        In the mean time, Cluffe had arrived. He was a little bit huffed and grand at being nailed as an evidence, upon a few words carelessly, or, if you will, confidentially dropped at his own mess-table, where Lowe chanced to be a guest; and certainly with no suspicion that his little story could in any way be made to elucidate the mystery of Sturk's murder.
    3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.
      a grand lodge
      a grand vizier
      a grand piano
      The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
      Grand Admiral
  2. (usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).
    grandfather, grandson, grand-child
  3. (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.
    A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
  4. (music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
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NounEdit

grand (plural grands or grand)

  1. (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.
  2. (music, plural "grands") A grand piano
TranslationsEdit
grand piano — see grand piano

Etymology 2Edit

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

NounEdit

grand (plural grands)

  1. A grandparent or grandchild.
    • 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:
      Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children.
    • 2012, Brenda Jackson, Texas Wild & Beyond Temptation, page 47:
      Her granddaughter and great-granddaughter went with us as chaperones. Did I ever tell you that she had six grands and two great-grands? […] And Emily agrees with me it's a shame that I don't even have a grand.

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BourguignonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grandis.

AdjectiveEdit

grand (feminine grand or grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grands or grandes)

  1. big

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃/, (followed by vowel or h muet) /ɡʁɑ̃.t‿/
  • audio(file)

AdjectiveEdit

grand (feminine grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes)

  1. big, great, grand
  2. tall
    Il est grand comment ?
    How tall is he ?
  3. grown up, big
    Quand je serai grande, je veux être astronaute.
    When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.
    Il l'a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon.
    He did it all on his own like a big boy.
  4. (usually capitalized) great, an honorific title
    Alexandre le Grand ― Alexander the Great
  5. great; big fat; an intensifier
    un grand tricheur ― a big fat cheater
  6. extensive, large

NounEdit

grand m (plural grands, feminine grande)

  1. grown-up

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FriulianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • grant (standard orthography)

AdjectiveEdit

grand

  1. Alternative form of grant

IcelandicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse grand (“injury, hurt”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

grand n (genitive singular grands, nominative plural grönd)

  1. (higher register, uncommon) damage, harm, destruction
    verða að grandi ― come to harm
  2. (card games) absence of trump cards/suits; no-trump
DeclensionEdit
declension of grand
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grand grandið grönd gröndin
accusative grand grandið grönd gröndin
dative grandi grandinu gröndum gröndunum
genitive grands grandsins granda grandanna
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Etymology 2Edit

From English grand (“magnificent”).

AdjectiveEdit

grand

  1. (colloquial) grandiose, splashy, impressive
    Veislan var svaka grand. ― The party was very grandiose.
    Synonyms: tilkomumikill, flottur

LombardEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Italian grande, from Latin grandis.

AdjectiveEdit

grand

  1. big, large

Middle FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

AdjectiveEdit

grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes) (comparative greigneur, superlative greigneur)

  1. big; large

DescendantsEdit

  • French: grand

NormanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɑ̃/, /ɡrɔ̃/
  • Audio(file)
    (Jersey)

AdjectiveEdit

grand m

  1. (Jersey) big

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OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grandis.

AdjectiveEdit

grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)

  1. big, large
    Antonyms: pichon, petit

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 538.

PolishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Spanish grande.

NounEdit

grand m pers

  1. grandee (high-ranking Spanish nobleman)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of grand
singular plural
nominative grand grandowie
genitive granda grandów
dative grandowi grandom
accusative granda grandów
instrumental grandem grandami
locative grandzie grandach
vocative grandzie grandowie

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

grand

  1. genitive plural of granda

Further readingEdit

  • grand in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • grand in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • grond (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)
  • grànd (Sutsilvan)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grandis, grandem.

AdjectiveEdit

grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)

  1. (Puter) big, large
  2. (Puter) tall

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

grand n

  1. a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant
    Huru kommer det till, att du ser grandet i din broders öga, men icke bliver varse bjälken i ditt eget öga?
    And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? (Matthew 7:3)

Usage notesEdit

  • The form grann is used in the adverb litegrann (“a bit”), which in older texts can be written litet grand.
  • Phrases like vi åt lunch på Grand, refer to a "Grand Hotel" available in several towns

DeclensionEdit

Declension of grand 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grand grandet grand granden
Genitive grands grandets grands grandens

WalloonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes, feminine plural (before noun) grandès)

  1. large, big
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