grand
English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis.
Adjective
grand (comparative grander or more grand, superlative grandest or most grand)
- Of a large size or extent; great.
- a grand mountain
- a grand army
- a grand mistake
- 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.
- 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.
- (usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent.
- grandfather, grandson, grand-child
- (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.
- A cup of tea? That'd be grand.
- (music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.
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Noun
grand (plural grand)
- A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.
- (music) A grand piano
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Etymology 2
From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.
Noun
grand (plural grands)
- 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.
- 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:
Further reading
- “grand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Bourguignon
Etymology
Adjective
grand (feminine grand or grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grands or grandes)
French
Etymology
From Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grand (feminine grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes)
- big, great, grand
- tall
- (usually capitalized) Great, an honorific title
- Alexandre le Grand ― Alexander the Great
- great; big fat; an intensifier
- un grand tricheur ― a big fat cheater
- extensive, large
See also
Further reading
- “grand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Alternative forms
- grant (standard orthography)
Adjective
grand
- Alternative form of grant
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse grand (“injury, hurt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
grand n (genitive singular grands, nominative plural grönd)
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Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes) (comparative greigneur, superlative greigneur)
Descendants
- French: grand
Norman
Alternative forms
- grànd (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grand m
Derived terms
- grand Albèrt, grand-mêle (“grimoire”)
- grand' câsaque (“overcoat”)
- grand corbîn (“raven”)
- grand mât d'êlectricité (“electricity pylon”)
- grand mât (“mainmast”)
- grand pèrrotchet (“main topgallant sail”)
- grand run (“extreme beam”)
- grand-grand-méthe (“great-grandmother”)
- grand-grand-péthe (“great-grandfather”)
- grand-méthe (“grandmother”)
- grand-oncl'ye (“great-uncle”)
- grand-papa (“great-grandfather”)
- grand-péthe (“grandfather”)
- grand'c'mîn (“highway”)
- grandement (“greatly, largely”)
- grand'manman (“great-grandmother”)
- grand'tante (“great-aunt”)
Occitan
Etymology
Adjective
grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 538.
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)
Swedish
Noun
grand n
- 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
- 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
Declension of grand | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | grand | grandet | grand | granden |
Genitive | grands | grandets | grands | grandens |
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes, feminine plural (before noun) grandès)
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