English

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Etymology

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From Italian grandezza.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grandezza (uncountable)

  1. Grandeur, greatness, magnificence.
    • 1907, Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams[1], published 1918:
      Society went on excellently well without houses, or carriages, or jewels, or toilettes, or pavements, or shops, or grandezza of any sort; and the market was excellent as well as cheap.
  2. Stateliness, dignity.
  3. Magnanimity.

Italian

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Etymology

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From grande +‎ -ezza. Compare Sicilian grannizza.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡranˈdet.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -ettsa
  • Hyphenation: gran‧déz‧za

Noun

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grandezza f (plural grandezze)

  1. size
  2. magnitude (astronomy)
  3. quantity (maths)
  4. greatness
  5. grandeur

Descendants

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  • English: grandezza

Further reading

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  • grandezza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana