grand

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See also: Grand, grànd, gränd, grãnd, grand-, and grand'

English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹænd/
  • Audio (US) [ɡɹɛ̃ə̯̃nd̥](file)
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1[edit]

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

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Adjective[edit]

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
      His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.
      • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
        In the mean time, Cluffe had arrived. He was a little bit huffed and grand at being nailed as an evidence, upon a few words carelessly, or, if you will, confidentially dropped at his own mess-table, where Lowe chanced to be a guest; and certainly with no suspicion that his little story could in any way be made to elucidate the mystery of Sturk's murder.
    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.
    A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
  4. (music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
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Noun[edit]

grand (plural grands or grand)

  1. (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
  2. (music, plural "grands") A grand piano
Translations[edit]
grand piano — see grand piano

Etymology 2[edit]

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

Noun[edit]

grand (plural grands)

  1. A grandparent or grandchild.
    • 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:
      Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children.
    • 2012, Brenda Jackson, Texas Wild & Beyond Temptation, page 47:
      Her granddaughter and great-granddaughter went with us as chaperones. Did I ever tell you that she had six grands and two great-grands? […] And Emily agrees with me it's a shame that I don't even have a grand.

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Bourguignon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin grandis.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. big

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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

Usage notes[edit]

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[edit]

grand m (plural grands, feminine grande)

  1. grown-up

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Friulian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • grant (standard orthography)

Adjective[edit]

grand

  1. Alternative form of grant

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

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[edit]
declension of grand
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grand grandið grönd gröndin
accusative grand grandið grönd gröndin
dative grandi grandinu gröndum gröndunum
genitive grands grandsins granda grandanna
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Etymology 2[edit]

From English grand (“magnificent”).

Adjective[edit]

grand

  1. (colloquial) grandiose, splashy, impressive
    Synonyms: tilkomumikill, flottur
    Veislan var svaka grand. ― The party was very grandiose.

Lombard[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to Italian grande, from Latin grandis.

Adjective[edit]

grand

  1. big, large

Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. big; large

Descendants[edit]

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

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɑ̃/, /ɡrɔ̃/
  • Audio(file)
    (Jersey)

Adjective[edit]

grand m

  1. (Jersey) big

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Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin grandis.

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. big, large
    Antonyms: pichon, petit

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Further reading[edit]

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

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish grande.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]
Declension of grand
singular plural
nominative grand grandowie
genitive granda grandów
dative grandowi grandom
accusative granda grandów
instrumental grandem grandami
locative grandzie grandach
vocative grandzie grandowie

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

grand f

  1. genitive plural of granda

Further reading[edit]

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

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective[edit]

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

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

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

grand n

  1. a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant
    Huru kommer det till, att du ser grandet i din broders öga, men icke bliver varse bjälken i ditt eget öga?
    And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? (Matthew 7:3)

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Declension of grand 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative grand grandet grand granden
Genitive grands grandets grands grandens

Walloon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

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Adjective[edit]

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

  1. large, big
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