grand

See also gränd

English

Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɹænd/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ænd

Adjective

grand (comparative grander, superlative grandest)

1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.
4. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generally used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.

Translations

Of large size or extent

Croatian: velik (hr) Finnish: mahtava (fi), suuri (fi) Japanese: 壮麗な (ja) (そうれいな, sōrei na)

Russian: великий (ru) (v'elíkij) Spanish: grande (es)

Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression

Armenian: վեհ (hy) (veh) Croatian: veličanstven Finnish: suuri (fi), mahtava (fi)

Polish: wielki (pl) m. Russian: великий (ru) (v'elíkij) Spanish: grande (es)

Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name

Croatian: nad- (hr) Dutch: grandieus (nl) Finnish: suur-

Russian: великий (ru) (v'elíkij) Spanish: majestuoso (es)

Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent

Croatian: pra-, šukun-, čukun- Finnish: iso- Norwegian: beste- (no) Polish: pra- (pl)

Russian: пра- (ru) (pra-) Serbian: pra-, šukun-, čukun-

Noun

grand (plural grand)

1. (US, colloquial) One thousand dollars.
2. (UK) One thousand pounds sterling.
3. (music) A grand piano

Translations

one thousand dollars

Finnish: tonni (colloquial), tonttu (slang) Russian: штука (ru) (štúka) f., тонна (ru) (tónna) f., кусок (ru) (kusók) m., косая (ru) (kosája) f.

Spanish: un mil (es)

one thousand pounds sterling

Finnish: tonni (colloquial), tonttu (slang) Russian: штука (ru) (štúka) f., тонна (ru) (tónna) f., кусок (ru) (kusók) m., косая (ru) (kosája) f.

Spanish: un mil (es)

Related terms

• grandeur
• grandiose
• grandiosity
• grandioso

External links

• grand in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• DRAGN

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French

Etymology

Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis.

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA: /ɡʁɑ̃/, SAMPA: /gRA~/

Adjective

grand m. (f. grande, m. plural grands, f. plural grandes)

1. big, great, grand
2. tall

See also

• grand-mère
• grand-père
• grand chose

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Swedish

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of grand

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grand	grandet	grand	granden
genitive	grands	grandets	grands	grandens

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