grande

See also: Grande

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑndeɪ/, /ˈɡɹændeɪ/

• Audio (UK)

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Adjective

grande (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹænd/

• Audio (UK)

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Adjective

grande (comparative more grande, superlative most grande)

1. Alternative form of grand
   • 1972, Russell Sage College, Studies in the Twentieth Century, page 79:

     Almost symbolically, Lopahin still plays the peasant and Lyubov the grande mistress.

   • 1993, Donald S. Metz, Madame President, New Saga Publishers, →ISBN, pages 147, 270:

     A supremely happy family waved goodbye to an elderly grande dame and a namesake who had just enrolled in her first lesson in becoming a grande lady. […] In Litchfield, Connecticut, the Hutchinson brothers rushed to tell the grande old dame her daughter was making history.

   • 1997, Alzina Stone Dale, Mystery Reader’s Walking Guide: New York, →ISBN, page 217:

     In Shannon O’Cork’s The Murder of Muriel Lake, which is about a Writers of Mystery Convention (aka MWA?), grande mistress Muriel Lake was murdered.

   • 2011, Richard Allen Brooks, “Dame Johnson”, in From Life to Death, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 28:

     THIS GRANDE LADY IS
     DIS-TIN-GUISH-A-BLE IN HER
     DEMURE DELIVERIES.
     DELIGHTFUL AND DAZZLING,
     THE LADY IS DEFINITELY
     A DIVA.

   • 2013, Chet Belmonte, Meadowdale: A Saga of Confinement, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 223:

     That made eight deaths in a matter of a few days—all of them tied inexplicably to this “grande lady” herself—Meadowdale Prison.

   • 2016, Victor Milán, The Dinosaur Knights, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 101:

     Her silence now had the quality of the comfortable silences between friends, not the half-respectful, half-fearful types of a servant not spoken to by her grande mistress.

   • 2016, Jennie Gilbert Ross, The Wrong Side of the Blanket, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:

     Annabella Kristina Ramona Toaltz was a grande name for a grande woman.

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

   Antonym: 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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Danish

Etymology 1

From Spanish grande.

Noun

grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)

1. grandee

Declension

Declension of grande

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grande	granden	grander	granderne
genitive	grandes	grandens	granders	grandernes

Etymology 2

From Old Danish grannæ, from Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô (“neighbour”).

Noun

grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)

1. (archaic) neighbour

Declension

Declension of grande

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grande	granden	grander	granderne
genitive	grandes	grandens	granders	grandernes

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃d/

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• Homophone: grandes
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃d

Adjective

grande

1. feminine singular of grand

Anagrams

• danger, de rang

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande m or 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

   Antonym: parve

2. great

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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 or f (masculine and feminine plural grandi, comparative più grande or maggiore, superlative grandissimo or massimo or sommo)

1. of greater physical dimensions or numerosity
   1. big (size)
   2. large (quantity)
   3. tall
   4. wide, broad
   5. long
2. great (importance)
3. (colloquial) Synonym of bravo

Usage notes

• The apocopic form gran may be used before singular nouns that start with a consonant. Before singular nouns that start with an impure s, using the apocopic form is ungrammatical but often used in spoken lanugage. Before nouns that start with a vowel, grande can be elided by use of an apostrophe.

Adverb

grande

1. really (intensifier)

   un gran bel piatto ― a really great dish

Interjection

grande

1. great!

Noun

grande m or f (plural grandi)

1. adult, grownup
2. great (person of major significance)

   i grandi della literature ― the greats of literature

3. (uncountable) greatness, magnificence

   ammirare il grande nell'arte ― to admire the greatness in art

Derived terms

• 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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Ligurian

Alternative forms

• grànde (Grafîa ofiçiâ)

Etymology

From Latin grandem, form of grandis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡraŋ.de/

Adjective

grande (masculine plural grendi, feminine plural grende)

1. big
2. large
3. great

Antonyms

• picin

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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

• gran, grand

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/, /ɡɾɐ̃d/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/, [ˈɡɾə̃ⁿ.d͡ʒɪ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.de/

Adjective

grande m or 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, greater

    Moro na grande Londres. ― I live in the metropolis of London.

    Grande Manchester é uma região metropolitana no noroeste da Inglaterra. ― Greater Manchester is a metropolitan area in the north-west of England.

Inflection

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

Quotations

For quotations using 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

• grandemente
• 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: amigo, chefe

Further reading

• “grande” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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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/, [ˈɡɾãn̪.d̪e]

• Audio

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Adjective

grande (plural grandes) superlative: grandísimo/el mayor

1. (after the noun or predicatively) big, large

   Synonyms: amplio (for cloth, shoe, place), voluminoso

   Antonyms: chico, pequeño

2. (before a plural noun) great

   Synonym: grandioso

   Antonym: irrelevante

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.

   Synonyms: anciano, viejo

   Antonyms: chico, joven, pequeño

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.

Derived terms

• agrandar
• a lo grande
• engrandecer
• garceta grande
• gran almacén
• Gran Bretaña
• Gran Canaria
• Gran Cañón
• Gran Colapso
• Gran Colombia
• gran danés
• grandecito
• grandemente
• grandeza
• grandioso
• grandote
• grandulón
• gran duque
• grandura
• Gran Hermano
• gran jurado
• gran pantalla
• Gran Pirámide de Giza
• Gran Premio
• gran simio
• hueso grande
• págalo grande
• pasarlo en grande
• por la puerta grande
• 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.