grandis

French

Verb

grandis

1. first-person singular present indicative of grandir
2. second-person singular present indicative of grandir
3. first-person singular past historic of grandir
4. second-person singular past historic of grandir
5. second-person singular imperative of grandir

Participle

grandis

1. masculine plural of the past participle of grandir

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrew- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). Cognate with great, Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), Scots great (“coarse in grain or texture, thick, great”), West Frisian grut (“large, great”), Dutch groot (“large, stour”), German groß (“large”), Old English grēot (“earth, sand, grit”), Albanian ngre (“I lift, heave, stand, elevate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡran.dis/, [ˈɡran.dɪs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡran.dis/

Adjective

grandis (neuter grande); third declension

1. full-grown, grown up
2. large, great, grand
3. powerful
4. aged, old

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	grandis	grande		grandēs	grandia
genitive	grandis			grandium
dative	grandī			grandibus
accusative	grandem	grande		grandēs	grandia
ablative	grandī			grandibus
vocative	grandis	grande		grandēs	grandia

• comparative: grandior, superlative: grandissimus

Synonyms

• (large): magnus

Antonyms

• (large): parvus

Derived terms

• grandēscō
• grandiculus
• grandiō
• granditās
• granditer

Descendants

• Asturian: grande, gran
• Catalan: gran
• Corsican: grande
• Dalmatian: grund, gruond
• English: grand
• Franco-Provençal: grant
• French: grand
• Friulian: grant
• Galician: grande
• Istriot: grando

• Italian: grande
• Occitan: gran
• Old Occitan: gran
• Portuguese: grande, grão
• Romansch: grond
• Sardinian: grande, grandu, granne
• Sicilian: granni
• Spanish: grande, gran
• Venetian: gran, grando

References

• grandis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• grandis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grandis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • aged: grandis natu
    
  • much money: pecunia magna, grandis (multum pecuniae)