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Grande

Grande

See also: grande

German

Noun

Grande m ‎(genitive Granden, plural Granden)

  1. grandee

Declension

grande

grande

See also: Grande

English

Adjective

grande ‎(not comparable)

  1. (chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee at Starbucks; smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces. No coffee vendor other than Starbucks uses "Grande" to mean large.

Anagrams

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • gran (apocopic, before a singular noun)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande (epicene, plural grandes)

  1. large, big

Antonyms

Related terms

Corsican

Etymology

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

Adjective

grande

  1. big

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃d/

Adjective

grande

  1. feminine singular of grand

Derived terms

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande m, f (plural grandes)

  1. large

Synonyms

Interlingua

Adjective

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

  1. big, large
  2. great

Antonyms

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡran.de/, [ˈɡr̺än̪d̪e̞]
  • Hyphenation: gràn‧de

Adjective

grande m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural grandi, comparative più grande or maggiore, superlative grandissimo or massimo or sommo)

  1. (size) big
  2. (quantity) large
  3. (height) tall
  4. (width) wide, broad
  5. (length) long
  6. (importance) great

Usage notes

  • The apocopic form gran may be used before singular nouns.

Noun

grande m, f ‎(plural grandi)

  1. an adult or grownup
  2. a great or influential person

Noun

grande m ‎(plural grandi)

  1. grandee

Antonyms

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”).

Adverb

grandē ‎(comparable 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
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “grande”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)

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
    • late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 354 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), 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 Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande

  1. big, great

Descendants

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • grãde (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ/, /ˈɡɾɐ̃d/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.de/

Adjective

grande m, f ‎(plural grandes, comparable)

  1. 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.
  2. large; big; numerous (numerically large)
    Tua família é muito grande.‎
    Your family is very large.
  3. (preceding nouns) great (of great importance)
    Os grandes reis da antiguidade.‎
    The great kings of antiquity.
  4. (preceding nouns) great; magnanimous (noble and generous in spirit)
    Artur foi um grande rei.‎
    Arthur was a great king.
  5. grown-up; mature
    Já és grande, podes trabalhar.‎
    You’re already grown-up, you can work.
  6. (followed by a city’s name) the metropolitan area of
    Moro na grande Londres.‎
    I live in the metropolis of London.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:grande.

Inflection

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (of great size): pequeno, see Wikisaurus:grande

Derived terms

  • infinitamente grande

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɾãnde̞]

Adjective

grande m, f ‎(plural grandes)

  1. (after the noun or predicatively) big, large
  2. (before a plural noun) great
  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.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

Antonyms

Related terms

Noun

grande m ‎(plural grandes)

  1. grandee

Etymology

From Spanish grande

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