grand

English Online Dictionary. What means grand‎? What does grand mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• grande

Adjective

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
   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.

4. (music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.

Synonyms

• (augmentative): great, super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

grand (plural grands or grand)

1. (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)

   Synonym: large

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.
2. (music, plural "grands") A grand piano

Translations

Etymology 2

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

Noun

grand (plural grands)

1. A grandparent or grandchild.

Further reading

• “grand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• DRAGN

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

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

1. big

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

grand (ORB, broad)

1. Alternative form of grant (“large”)

References

• grand in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Latin grandem.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. big
2. tall
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. great

   un grand homme ― a great man

   une grande dame ― a great lady

   un grand écrivain ― a great writer

   un grand compositeur ― a great composer

   Alexandre le Grand ― Alexander the Great

   Pierre le Grand ― Peter the Great

5. big fat (an intensifier)

   Synonym: gros

   un grand tricheur ― a big fat cheater

6. (of a place) greater (together with the surrounding area pertaining to it)

   Grand Londres ― Greater London

   Grand Montréal ― Greater Montreal

Usage notes

This adjective is usually placed before the noun. When applied to people, the meaning "great" is only available when the adjective is before the noun. When it is placed after the noun, it can only mean physically large or (more commonly) tall. Un grand homme can be a great man or a large/tall man; un homme grand can only be a large/tall man.

Noun

grand m (plural grands, feminine grande)

1. grown-up

Derived terms

See also

• grand-mère
• grand-père
• grand-chose

Further reading

• “grand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Alternative forms

• grant (standard orthography)

Adjective

grand

1. Alternative form of grant

Icelandic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

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

Declension

Synonyms

• mein
• skaði
• óskundi

Related terms

• granda

Etymology 2

From English grand (“magnificent”).

Adjective

grand

1. (colloquial) grandiose, splashy, impressive

   Synonyms: tilkomumikill, flottur

   Veislan var svaka grand. ― The party was very grandiose.

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian grande, from Latin grandis.

Adjective

grand

1. big, large

Middle French

Alternative forms

• grant

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

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

1. big; large

Descendants

• French: grand
• Norman: grand
• Picard: grand
• → English: grand

Norman

Alternative forms

• grànd (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑ̃/, /ɡrɔ̃/
• (Jersey)

Adjective

grand m

1. (Jersey) big

Derived terms

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

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

1. big, large

   Antonyms: pichon, petit

Derived terms

• grandament
• grandàs
• grandesa

Further reading

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

Old English

Verb

grand

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of grindan

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrant/
• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: grand
• Homophone: grant

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish grande.

Noun

grand m pers

1. grandee (official aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish and Portuguese nobility)
2. grandee (high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

grand f

1. genitive plural of granda

Further reading

• grand in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• grand in PWN's encyclopedia

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

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

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

Swedish

Noun

grand n

1. a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant

Usage notes

• 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

Declension

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʀã/

Adjective

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

1. large, big