English Online Dictionary. What means grande? What does grande mean?
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑndeɪ/, /ˈɡɹændeɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɑndeɪ, -ændeɪ
Adjective
grande (not comparable)
- (chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml).
- Coordinate terms: tall, venti
Noun
grande (plural grandes)
- (chiefly US) A grande cup of coffee.
Etymology 2
From Spanish grande. Doublet of grand.
Noun
grande (plural grandes)
- Alternative form of grandee.
Etymology 3
From French grande, feminine of grand.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Adjective
grande (comparative more grande, superlative most grande)
- Alternative form of grand
Usage notes
This form, influenced by grande dame, is chiefly used when describing a woman.
Related terms
- grande école
Anagrams
- Gander, Garden, danger, gander, garden, graned, nadger, ranged
Asturian
Alternative forms
- gran (apocopic, before a singular noun)
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grande (epicene, plural grandes)
- large, big
- Antonym: pequeñu
Related terms
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem (“large, great”).
Adjective
grande
- big
Danish
Etymology 1
From Spanish grande.
Noun
grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)
- grandee
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Danish grannæ, from Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô (“neighbour”).
Noun
grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)
- (archaic) neighbour
Declension
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃d/
- Homophone: grandes
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃d
Adjective
grande
- feminine singular of grand
Anagrams
- danger, de rang
Galician
Alternative forms
- gran (preceding a singular noun)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾɐndɪ/
Adjective
grande m or f (plural grandes)
- large
- Synonyms: enorme, groso
Further reading
- “grande” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua
Adjective
grande (comparative major, superlative le major or le maxime)
- big, large
- Antonym: parve
- great
Italian
Etymology
From Latin grandem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡran.de/
- Rhymes: -ande
- Hyphenation: gràn‧de
Adjective
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)
- of greater physical dimensions or numerosity
- big, large (in size or quantity)
- tall
- wide, broad
- long
- older (in age, of a person)
- sorella grande ― older sister, big sister
- great (importance)
- (colloquial) Synonym of bravo
Usage notes
- 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.
Adverb
grande
- really (intensifier)
- un gran bel piatto ― a really great dish
Interjection
grande
- great!
Noun
grande m or f by sense (plural grandi)
- adult, grownup
- (usually in the plural) great (person of major significance)
- i grandi della literature ― the greats of literature
Noun
grande m (uncountable)
- greatness, magnificence
- ammirare il grande nell'arte ― to admire the greatness in art
Derived terms
Ladino
Etymology
From Latin grandis.
Adjective
grande (Latin spelling)
- big
Noun
grande m (Latin spelling)
- adult
Latin
Etymology
From grandis (“large, great”).
Adjective
grande
- nominative neuter singular of grandis
Adverb
grandē (comparative grandius, superlative grandissimē)
- greatly
- (poetic) loudly, aloud
Related terms
References
- “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.
- “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)
Ligurian
Alternative forms
- grànde (Grafîa ofiçiâ)
Etymology
From Latin grandem, form of grandis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡraŋ.de/
Adjective
grande (masculine plural grendi, feminine plural grende)
- big
- large
- great
Antonyms
- picin
Norman
Pronunciation
- (Jersey)
Adjective
grande
- feminine singular of grànd, grand
Old French
Alternative forms
- grant ('grande' steadily replaces 'grant' during the Old French period)
Adjective
grande
- nominative feminine singular of grant
- oblique feminine singular of grant
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
- gran, grand
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾan.de/
Adjective
grande
- big, great
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 232: A bõa dona por que eu trobava (facsimile)
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 232: A bõa dona por que eu trobava (facsimile)
Descendants
- Fala: grandi
- Galician: grande
- Portuguese: grande
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- ganda (European, colloquial)
- grãde (obsolete, abbreviation)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gran‧de
Adjective
grande m or f (plural grandes)
- 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.
- large; big; numerous (numerically large)
- Synonym: numeroso
- A família é muito grande. ― The family is very large.
- (preceding nouns) great (of great importance)
- Os grandes reis da antiguidade. ― The great kings of antiquity.
- (preceding nouns) great; magnanimous (noble and generous in spirit)
- Synonym: magnânimo
- Artur foi um grande rei. ― Arthur was a great king.
- grown-up; mature
- Synonyms: crescido, maduro
- Já és grande, podes trabalhar. ― You’re already grown-up, you can work.
- (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.
Inflection
- Comparative: maior
- Superlative: máximo (poetic), o maior
- Synthetic superlative: grandíssimo
- Augmentative: grandão, grandalhão
- Diminutive: grandinho, grandote
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:grande.
Synonyms
- (of great size): see Thesaurus:grande
Antonyms
- (of great size): pequeno, see Thesaurus:grande
Derived terms
- grandemente
- infinitamente grande
Related terms
- grandeza
- grandioso
Noun
grande m or f by sense (plural grandes)
- (Brazil, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone
- Synonyms: amigo, chefe
Further reading
- “grande” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- gran (preceding a singular noun)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin grandem (“large, great”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾande/ [ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]
- Rhymes: -ande
- Syllabification: gran‧de
Adjective
grande m or f (masculine and feminine plural grandes, superlative grandísimo or mayor)
- (after the noun or predicatively) big, large
- Synonyms: (for cloth, shoe, place) amplio, voluminoso
- Antonyms: chico, pequeño
- (before a plural noun) great
- Synonym: grandioso
- Antonym: irrelevante
- (about human age) aged, old
- Synonyms: anciano, viejo
- Antonyms: chico, joven, pequeño
Usage notes
- 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 terms
Noun
grande m or f by sense (plural grandes)
- grandee
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: grandee
- → German: Grande
Further reading
- “grande”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014