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单词 grande
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grande

See also: Grande

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑndeɪ/, /ˈɡɹændeɪ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑndeɪ, -ændeɪ

Adjective

grande (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml).
    Coordinate terms: tall, venti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹænd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ænd

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

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • gran (apocopic, before a singular noun)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande (epicene, plural grandes)

  1. large, big
    Antonym: pequeñu
  • grandeza
  • grandura

Corsican

Etymology

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

Adjective

grande

  1. big

Danish

Etymology 1

From Spanish grande.

Noun

grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)

  1. grandee
Declension
Declension of grande
common
gender		SingularPlural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativegrandegrandengrandergranderne
genitivegrandesgrandensgrandersgrandernes

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		SingularPlural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativegrandegrandengrandergranderne
genitivegrandesgrandensgrandersgrandernes

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃d/
  • audio(file)
  • Homophone: grandes
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃d

Adjective

grande

  1. feminine singular of grand

Anagrams

  • danger, de rang

Galician

Alternative forms

  • gran (preceding a singular noun)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɾɐndɪ/

Adjective

grande m or f (plural grandes)

  1. large
    Eso foi de maeso; máis grande que a que eu levei.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonyms: enorme, groso

Further reading

  • “grande” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

grande (comparative major, superlative le major or le maxime)

  1. big, large
    Antonym: parve
  2. great

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡran.de/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ande
  • Hyphenation: gràn‧de

Adjective

grande (plural grandi, comparative piùgrande or maggiore, superlative grandissimo or massimo or sommo, diminutive grandétto or grandìno or grandettìno or grandicèllo, augmentative grandóne or (rare) grandòtto, pejorative (rare) grandàccio)

  1. of greater physical dimensions or numerosity
    1. big, large (in size or quantity)
    2. tall
    3. wide, broad
    4. long
    5. older (in age, of a person)
      sorella grande ― older sister, big sister
  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 language. 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 by sense (plural grandi)

  1. adult, grownup
  2. (usually in the plural) great (person of major significance)
    i grandi della literature ― the greats of literature

Noun

grande m (uncountable)

  1. greatness, magnificence
    ammirare il grande nell'arte ― to admire the greatness in art

Derived terms

  • grandeggiare
  • grande male
  • grandemente
  • grandezza
  • grandigia
  • grandioso

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

grande (Latin spelling)

  1. big

Noun

grande m (Latin spelling)

  1. adult

Latin

Etymology

From grandis (“large, great”).

Adjective

grande

  1. nominative neuter singular of grandis

Adverb

grandē (comparative grandius, superlative grandissimē)

  1. greatly
  2. (poetic) loudly, aloud
  • 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, 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)

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

Norman

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
    (Jersey)

Adjective

grande

  1. feminine singular of grànd, grand

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

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • grãde (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.de/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.d(ɨ)/

  • Hyphenation: gran‧de

Adjective

grande m or f (plural grandes)

  1. 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.
  2. large; big; numerous (numerically large)
    Synonym: numeroso
    Tua família é muito grande. ― Your family is very large.
  3. (preceding nouns) great (of great importance)
    Os grandes reis da antiguidade. ― The great kings of antiquity.
  4. (preceding nouns) great; magnanimous (noble and generous in spirit)
    Synonym: magnânimo
    Artur foi um grande rei. ― Arthur was a great king.
  5. grown-up; mature
    Synonyms: crescido, maduro
    Já és grande, podes trabalhar. ― You’re already grown-up, you can work.
  6. (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

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

  • grandemente
  • infinitamente grande
  • grandeza
  • grandioso

Noun

grande m or f by sense (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.

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(file)
  • Rhymes: -ande
  • Syllabification: gran‧de

Adjective

grande (plural grandes) superlative: grandísimo, mayor

  1. (after the noun or predicatively) big, large
    Synonyms: (for cloth, shoe, place) amplio, 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
  • en gran manera
  • garceta grande
  • gran almacén
  • Gran Bretaña
  • Gran Canaria
  • Gran Cañón
  • Gran Colapso
  • Gran Colombia
  • gran danés
  • grandecito
  • grandemente
  • grandes mentes piensan igual
  • grandeza
  • grandioso
  • grandón
  • grandote
  • gran ducado
  • grandulón
  • gran duque
  • grandura
  • Gran Explosión
  • Gran Hermano
  • gran jurado
  • Gran Mancha Roja
  • gran pantalla
  • Gran Pirámide de Giza
  • Gran Premio
  • gran simio
  • gran vida
  • gran visir
  • hueso grande
  • ley de los grandes números
  • págalo grande
  • pantalla grande
  • pasarlo en grande
  • por la puerta grande
  • requetegrande
  • Salar Grande
  • tordo grande

Noun

grande m or f (plural grandes)

  1. grandee
Derived terms
  • grande de España

Descendants

  • → English: grandee
  • → German: Grande

Further reading

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