grandezza

grandezza

English

Etymology

Italian grandezza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹænˈdɛt.sə/

Noun

grandezza (uncountable)

1. Grandeur, greatness, magnificence.
   • 1907, Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams‎, published 1918:

     Society went on excellently well without houses, or carriages, or jewels, or toilettes, or pavements, or shops, or grandezza of any sort; and the market was excellent as well as cheap.

2. Stateliness, dignity.
3. Magnanimity.

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Italian

Etymology

From grande +‎ -ezza. Compare Sicilian grannizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdet.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -ettsa
• Hyphenation: gran‧déz‧za

Noun

grandezza f (plural grandezze)

1. size
2. magnitude (astronomy)
3. quantity (maths)
4. greatness
5. grandeur

Descendants

• → English: grandezza

Further reading

• grandezza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana