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grande

See also: Grande

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑndeɪ/, /ˈɡɹændeɪ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑndeɪ, -ændeɪ

AdjectiveEdit

grande (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml).
    Coordinate terms: tall, venti

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

grande (comparative more grande, superlative most grande)

  1. Alternative form of grand
    • 1972, Russell Sage College, Studies in the Twentieth Century, page 79:
      Almost symbolically, Lopahin still plays the peasant and Lyubov the grande mistress.
    • 1993, Donald S. Metz, Madame President, New Saga Publishers, →ISBN, pages 147, 270:
      A supremely happy family waved goodbye to an elderly grande dame and a namesake who had just enrolled in her first lesson in becoming a grande lady. […] In Litchfield, Connecticut, the Hutchinson brothers rushed to tell the grande old dame her daughter was making history.
    • 1997, Alzina Stone Dale, Mystery Reader’s Walking Guide: New York, →ISBN, page 217:
      In Shannon O’Cork’s The Murder of Muriel Lake, which is about a Writers of Mystery Convention (aka MWA?), grande mistress Muriel Lake was murdered.
    • 2011, Richard Allen Brooks, “Dame Johnson”, in From Life to Death, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 28:
      THIS GRANDE LADY IS
      DIS-TIN-GUISH-A-BLE IN HER
      DEMURE DELIVERIES.
      DELIGHTFUL AND DAZZLING,
      THE LADY IS DEFINITELY
      A DIVA.
    • 2013, Chet Belmonte, Meadowdale: A Saga of Confinement, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 223:
      That made eight deaths in a matter of a few days—all of them tied inexplicably to this “grande lady” herself—Meadowdale Prison.
    • 2016, Victor Milán, The Dinosaur Knights, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 101:
      Her silence now had the quality of the comfortable silences between friends, not the half-respectful, half-fearful types of a servant not spoken to by her grande mistress.
    • 2016, Jennie Gilbert Ross, The Wrong Side of the Blanket, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:
      Annabella Kristina Ramona Toaltz was a grande name for a grande woman.

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • gran (apocopic, before a singular noun)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grandis, grandem.

AdjectiveEdit

grande (epicene, plural grandes)

  1. large, big
    Antonym: pequeñu

Related termsEdit

CorsicanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grandis, grandem (“large, great”).

AdjectiveEdit

grande

  1. big

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Spanish grande.

NounEdit

grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)

  1. grandee
DeclensionEdit
Declension of grande
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grande granden grander granderne
genitive grandes grandens granders grandernes

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Danish grannæ, from Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô (“neighbour”).

NounEdit

grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)

  1. (archaic) neighbour
DeclensionEdit
Declension of grande
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grande granden grander granderne
genitive grandes grandens granders grandernes

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

grande

  1. feminine singular of grand

AnagramsEdit

GalicianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • gran (preceding a singular noun)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

grande m or f (plural grandes)

  1. large
    Eso foi de maeso; máis grande que a que eu levei.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonyms: enorme, groso

Further readingEdit

InterlinguaEdit

AdjectiveEdit

grande (comparative major, superlative le major or le maxime)

  1. big, large
    Antonym: parve
  2. great

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grandem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

grande (plural grandi, comparative più grande or maggiore, superlative grandissimo or massimo or sommo, diminutive grandétto or grandìno or grandettìno or grandicèllo, augmentative grandóne or (rare) grandòtto, pejorative (rare) grandàccio)

  1. of greater physical dimensions or numerosity
    1. big, large (in size or quantity)
    2. tall
    3. wide, broad
    4. long
    5. older (in age, of a person)
      sorella grande ― older sister, big sister
  2. great (importance)
  3. (colloquial) Synonym of bravo

Usage notesEdit

  • The apocopic form gran may be used before singular nouns that start with a consonant. Before singular nouns that start with an impure s, using the apocopic form is ungrammatical but often used in spoken language. Before nouns that start with a vowel, grande can be elided by use of an apostrophe.

AdverbEdit

grande

  1. really (intensifier)
    un gran bel piatto ― a really great dish

InterjectionEdit

grande

  1. great!

NounEdit

grande m or f by sense (plural grandi)

  1. adult, grownup
  2. (usually in the plural) great (person of major significance)
    i grandi della literature ― the greats of literature

NounEdit

grande m (uncountable)

  1. greatness, magnificence
    ammirare il grande nell'arte ― to admire the greatness in art

Derived termsEdit

LadinoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grandis.

AdjectiveEdit

grande (Latin spelling)

  1. big

NounEdit

grande m (Latin spelling)

  1. adult

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From grandis (“large, great”).

AdjectiveEdit

grande

  1. nominative neuter singular of grandis

AdverbEdit

grandē (comparative grandius, superlative grandissimē)

  1. greatly
  2. (poetic) loudly, aloud

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “grande”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “grande”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • grande in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a weighty example, precedent: exemplum magnum, grande
    • elevated, moderate, plain style: genus dicendi grave or grande, medium, tenue (cf. Or. 5. 20; 6. 21)
    • exorbitant rate of interest: fenus iniquissimum, grande, grave
    • to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
  • “grande”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

LigurianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grandem, form of grandis.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

grande (masculine plural grendi, feminine plural grende)

  1. big
  2. large
  3. great

AntonymsEdit

NormanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio(file)
    (Jersey)

AdjectiveEdit

grande

  1. feminine singular of grànd, grand

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • grant ('grande' steadily replaces 'grant' during the Old French period)

AdjectiveEdit

grande

  1. nominative feminine singular of grant
    • late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 354 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, lines 67-70:
      La nef ert fort e belle e grande,
      bone cum cele k'ert markande.
      De plusurs mers chargee esteit,
      en Engleterre curre devait.
      The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
      good like a merchant's ship
      loaded with lots of different type of merchandise
      ready to set sail to England.
  2. oblique feminine singular of grant

Old Galician-PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin grandis, grandem.

AdjectiveEdit

grande

  1. big, great

DescendantsEdit

  • Fala: grandi
  • Galician: grande
  • Portuguese: grande

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, of uncertain origin.

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: gran‧de

AdjectiveEdit

grande m or f (plural grandes)

  2. large; great; big (of great size or extent)
    Este livro é grande. ― This book is big.
    Este livro é maior do que aquele. ― This book is bigger than that one.
  4. large; big; numerous (numerically large)
    Synonym: numeroso
    A família é muito grande. ― The family is very large.
  6. (preceding nouns) great (of great importance)
    Os grandes reis da antiguidade. ― The great kings of antiquity.
  8. (preceding nouns) great; magnanimous (noble and generous in spirit)
    Synonym: magnânimo
    Artur foi um grande rei. ― Arthur was a great king.
  10. grown-up; mature
    Synonyms: crescido, maduro
    Já és grande, podes trabalhar. ― You’re already grown-up, you can work.
  12. (followed by a city’s name) the metropolitan area of, greater
    Moro na grande Lisboa. ― I live in the metropolis of Lisbon.
    O Grande Porto é uma região metropolitana no norte de Portugal. ― Greater Porto is a metropolitan area in the north of Portugal.

InflectionEdit

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:grande.

SynonymsEdit

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

NounEdit

grande m or f by sense (plural grandes)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone
    Synonyms: amigo, chefe

Further readingEdit

  • “grande” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • gran (preceding a singular noun)

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Latin grandem (“large, great”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾande/ [ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ande
  • Syllabification: gran‧de

AdjectiveEdit

grande (plural grandes) superlative: grandísimo, mayor

  1. (after the noun or predicatively) big, large
    Synonyms: (for cloth, shoe, place) amplio, voluminoso
    Antonyms: chico, pequeño
  2. (before a plural noun) great
    Synonym: grandioso
    Antonym: irrelevante
  3. (about human age) aged, old
    Mi papá ya es muy grande para hacer eso.
    My dad is now a bit old to do that.
    Synonyms: anciano, viejo
    Antonyms: chico, joven, pequeño

Usage notesEdit

  • When used before and in the same noun phrase as the modified singular noun, the apocopic form gran (“great”) is used instead of grande.

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

grande m or f (plural grandes)

  1. grandee

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

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