grande

See also: Grande

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grande. See grand.

Adjective

grande (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee at Starbucks; smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces. Other coffee vendors around the globe are also known to use Grande as a measurement of size.

Anagrams

• Gander, Garden, danger, gander, garden, graned, nadger, ranged

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• gran (apocopic, before a singular noun)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande (epicene, plural grandes)

1. large, big

Antonyms

• pequeñu

Related terms

• grandeza
• grandura

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Corsican

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem (“large, great”).

Adjective

grande

1. big

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃d/

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Adjective

grande

1. feminine singular of grand

Derived terms

• grande dame

Anagrams

• danger
• de rang

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande m, f (plural grandes)

1. large

Synonyms

• enorme
• groso

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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

Etymology

From Latin grandem, accusative form of grandis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡran.de/, [ˈɡr̺än̪d̪e̞]

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• Hyphenation: gràn‧de

Adjective

grande m, f (masculine and feminine 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

Usage notes

• The apocopic form gran may be used before singular nouns.

Noun

grande m, f (plural grandi)

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

Noun

grande m (plural grandi)

1. grandee

Antonyms

• piccolo
• piccino

Derived terms

Terms derived from grande

• grandeggiare
• grande male

• grandemente
• grandezza

• grandigia
• grandioso

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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. greatly
2. (poetic) loudly, aloud

Related terms

• grandifer
• grandis
• granditās
• granditer

References

• grande in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• grande in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grande in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a weighty example, precedent: exemplum magnum, grande
    
  • elevated, moderate, plain style: genus dicendi grave or grande, medium, tenue (cf. Or. 5. 20; 6. 21)
    
  • exorbitant rate of interest: fenus iniquissimum, grande, grave
    
  • to incur debts on a large scale: grande, magnum (opp. exiguum) aes alienum conflare
    
• grande in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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Norman

Pronunciation

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Adjective

grande

1. feminine singular of grànd, grand

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Old French

Alternative forms

• grant ('grande' steadily replaces 'grant' during the Old French period)

Adjective

grande

1. nominative feminine singular of grant
   • late 12th century, anonymous, La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford, page 354 (of the Champion Classiques edition of Le Roman de Tristan, →ISBN, lines 67-70:

     La nef ert fort e belle e grande,
     bone cum cele k'ert markande.
     De plusurs mers chargee esteit,
     en Engleterre curre devait.

     The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
     good like a merchant's ship
     loaded with lots of different type of merchandise
     ready to set sail to England.

2. oblique feminine singular of grant

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• grand
• gran

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande

1. big, great
   • 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 232: A bõa dona por que eu trobava (facsimile)

     […] por coita grande que ſoffri

     […] because of the great pain I suffered

Descendants

• Fala: grandi
• Galician: grande
• Portuguese: grande

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• grãde (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ/, /ˈɡɾɐ̃d/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.de/

Adjective

grande m, f (plural grandes, comparable)

2. large; great; big (of great size or extent)

   Este livro é grande.

   This book is big.

   Este livro é maior do que aquele.

   This book is bigger than that one.

4. large; big; numerous (numerically large)

   Tua família é muito grande.

   Your family is very large.

6. (preceding nouns) great (of great importance)

   Os grandes reis da antiguidade.

   The great kings of antiquity.

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

   Artur foi um grande rei.

   Arthur was a great king.

10. grown-up; mature

    Já és grande, podes trabalhar.

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

12. (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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:grande.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• infinitamente grande

Related terms

• grandeza
• grandioso

Noun

grande m, f (plural grandes)

1. (Brazil, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone

Synonyms

• chefe, amigo

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• gran (preceding a singular noun)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem (“large, great”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾande/, [ˈɡɾãn̪d̪e]

Adjective

grande (plural grandes) superlative: grandísimo

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 dad is now a bit old to do that.

Usage notes

• When used before and in the same noun phrase as the modified singular noun, the apocopic form gran (“great”) is used instead of grande.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from grande

• agrandar
• engrandecer
• grandecito
• grandemente

• grandeza
• grandioso
• grandote

• grandulón
• grandura
• requetegrande

Noun

grande m (plural grandes)

1. grandee

Descendants

• → English: grandee
• → German: Grande

Further reading

• “grande” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.