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

• danger
• gander
• garden
• ranged

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• gran (apocopic, before a singular noun)

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

grande (epicene, plural grandes)

1. large, big

Antonyms

• pequeñu

Related terms

• grandeza
• grandura

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Corsican

Adjective

grande

1. big

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɡʁɑ̃d/, X-SAMPA: /gRA~d/

Adjective

grande

1. feminine form of grand

Derived terms

• grande dame

Anagrams

• danger, de rang

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Galician

Adjective

grande m and f (plural grandes)

1. large

Synonyms

• (large): enorme, groso

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Guernésiais

Adjective

grande

1. feminine form of grànd

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Interlingua

Adjective

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

1. big, large
2. great

Antonyms

• (big): parve

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɡrande]

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Etymology

Latin grandis.

Adjective

grande m and f (m and f 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

Noun

grande mf (plural grandi)

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

Noun

grande m (plural grandi)

1. grandee

Antonyms

• piccolo
• piccino

Related terms

• grandeggiare
• grande male
• grandemente
• grandezza
• grandigia
• grandioso

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Jèrriais

Adjective

grande f

1. feminine form of grand

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

grande (Latin spelling)

1. big

Noun

grande m (Latin spelling)

1. adult

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Latin

Etymology

From grandis (“large, great”).

Adverb

grandē (comparative grandius, superlative grandissimē)

1. loudly

Related terms

• grandifer
• grandis
• granditās
• granditer

References

• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈgɾɐ̃.dɨ/, /ˈgɾɐ̃d/
• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈgɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /ˈgɾɐ̃.de/

Adjective

grande m and f (plural grandes; comparable)

1. large; big (of great size)

   Este livro é grande.

   This book is big.

   Este livro é maior do que aquele.

   This book is bigger than that one.

2. numerous (numerically large)

   Tua família é muito grande.

   Your family is very large.

3. (preceding nouns) great; magnanimous (noble and generous in spirit)

   Artur foi um grande rei.

   Arthur was a great king.

4. grown-up; mature

   Já és grande, podes trabalhar.

   You’re already grown-up, you can work.

5. (followed by a city’s name) the metropolitan area of

   Moro na grande Londres.

   I live in the metropolis of London.

Inflection

• Comparative: maior
• Superlative: máximo (poetic), o maior
• Synthetic superlative: grandíssimo
• Augmentative: grandão, grandalhão
• Diminutive: grandinho, grandote

Synonyms

• (of great size): see Wikisaurus:grande
• (numerous): numeroso
• (magnanimous): magnânimo
• (grown-up): crescido, maduro

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• infinitamente grande

Related terms

• grandeza
• grandioso

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin grandis (“large, great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɡɾãnde̞]

Adjective

grande m and 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 father is now very 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.

Related terms

• (preceding a singular noun): gran
• grandeza
• grandioso
• requetegrande
• grandote

Synonyms

• (size): voluminoso, amplio (for cloth, shoe, place)
• (greatness): grandioso
• (aged): viejo, anciano

Antonyms

• (size): pequeño, chico
• (greatness): irrelevante
• (aged): joven, pequeño, chico

Noun

grande m (plural grandes)

1. grandee