grande

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑndeɪ/, /ˈɡɹændeɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɑndeɪ, -ændeɪ

Adjective

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

Noun

grande (plural grandes)

1. (chiefly US) A grande cup of coffee.

Etymology 2

From Spanish grande. Doublet of grand.

Noun

grande (plural grandes)

1. 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)

1. 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾande/, [ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]
• Rhymes: -ande
• Hyphenation: gran‧de

Adjective

grande (epicene, plural grandes)

1. large, big

   Antonym: pequeñu

Related terms

Corsican

Etymology

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

Adjective

grande

1. big

Danish

Etymology 1

From Spanish grande.

Noun

grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)

1. 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)

1. (archaic) neighbour

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃d/
• Homophone: grandes
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃d

Adjective

grande

1. 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

• Rhymes: -ande
• Hyphenation: gran‧de

Adjective

grande m or f (plural grandes)

1. large

   Synonyms: enorme, groso

Further reading

• “grande”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “grande”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “grande”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grande”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Interlingua

Adjective

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

1. big, large

   Antonym: parve

2. 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 (“tall, older (of a person)”), augmentative grandóne (“big/ostentatious spender”) 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 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

1. really (intensifier)

   un gran bel piatto ― a really great dish

Interjection

grande

1. great!

Noun

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

Noun

grande m (uncountable)

1. greatness, magnificence

   ammirare il grande nell'arte ― to admire the greatness in art

Derived terms

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

grande (Latin spelling)

1. big

Noun

grande m (Latin spelling)

1. adult

Latin

Etymology

From grandis (“large, great”).

Adjective

grande

1. nominative neuter singular of grandis

Adverb

grandē (comparative grandius, superlative grandissimē)

1. greatly
2. (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)

1. big
2. large
3. great

Antonyms

• picin

Norman

Pronunciation

• (Jersey)

Adjective

grande

1. feminine singular of grànd, grand

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Adjective

grande

1. nominative feminine singular of grant
2. oblique feminine singular of grant

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gran, grand

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾan.de/

Adjective

grande

1. big, great
   • 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 (Portugal, 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)

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.

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

• (antonym(s) of “of great size”): pequeno, see Thesaurus:grande

Derived terms

Related terms

• grandeza
• grandioso

Noun

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 reading

• “grande”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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)

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

   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)

1. grandee

Derived terms

Descendants

• → English: grandee
• → German: Grande

Further reading

• “grande”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28