grandioso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandiose.

Noun

grandioso (plural grandiosos)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style
2. (music) A passage having this mark

Adverb

grandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso)

1. (music) played in this style

Adjective

grandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso)

1. (music) describing a passage having this mark

Anagrams

• organoids, rigadoons

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdjo.zo/, (traditional) /ɡranˈdjo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: gran‧dió‧so

Adjective

grandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosi, feminine plural grandiose)

1. grandiose, magnificent

Derived terms

• grandiosamente
• grandiosità

Descendants

• German: grandios
• English: grandiose
• Esperanto: grandioza

• Spanish: grandioso
• French: grandiose
• Russian: грандио́зный (grandióznyj)

Further reading

• grandioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Adjective

grandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosos, feminine plural grandiosas, metaphonic)

1. great (very big)
2. grand; majestic; magnificent

Related terms

• grande

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾanˈdjoso/ [ɡɾãn̪ˈd̪jo.so]

• Audio (Colombia):

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Adjective

grandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosos, feminine plural grandiosas)

1. great

Related terms

• grande

Further reading

• “grandioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28