gran

• Rhymes: -æn

gran (plural grans)

1. (informal, usually affectionate) a grandmother
2. (rare) a grandfather

• ARNG, NARG, gRNA, garn, gnar, grna, narg, rang

From Latin grandis, grandem.

gran m sg (feminine singular grana, neuter singular grano, masculine and neuter plural granos, feminine plural granes)

1. big

gran

1. (apocopic, before a singular noun) Alternative form of grande, big

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

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾan/

gran (masculine and feminine plural grans)

1. big, large
2. (of a person) old
3. (of a person) older, senior
4. great (very large)
5. great (important)

• (big): petit
• (old): jove

• grandiós

gran m (plural grans)

1. (in the plural) adults, grown-ups

• “gran” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin grānum.

gran m (plural grans)

1. wheat, corn
2. grain

• granâr

• IPA^(key): /ɡran/, [ɡr̺än̺]

gran m or f (apocopate)

1. Apocopic form of grande

   Gran Bretagna - Great Britain

   Gran Premio - Grand Prix

   gran turismo - grand touring

From Latin grandis, grandem.

gran m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural gragn, feminine plural grandes)

1. large; great

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃/

From French grand

gran

1. great
2. grown-up
3. big
4. tall

From Old Norse grǫn

• IPA^(key): /ɡraːn/

gran f or m (definite singular grana or granen, indefinite plural graner, definite plural granene)

1. spruce (mostly the species Picea abies (Norway spruce)).
2. spruce (wood from spruce trees)

• furu (“pine”)

“gran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse grǫn

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːn/

gran f (definite singular grana, indefinite plural graner, definite plural granene)

1. spruce (mostly the species Picea abies (Norway spruce)).
2. spruce (wood from spruce trees)

“gran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Occitan gran, from Latin grandis, grandem.

gran

1. big; large

• grand

From Latin grānum.

gran m (plural grans)

1. grain

From Latin grandis, grandem.

gran m or f (plural grans)

1. big; large

• Catalan: gran
• Occitan: gran

• grande

From grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.

gran

1. big

• Fala: gran
• Galician: gran
• Portuguese: grão

From Old Spanish grant, grand, apocopic forms of grande (“great”). Other apocopic forms inherited from Old Spanish include primer, san and según.

• IPA^(key): [ɡɾan]

gran m or f (apocopate, standard form grande)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of grande; great.

• The form gran is used only before and within the noun phrase of the modified singular noun. Elsewhere, grande is used instead.

From Old Norse grǫn.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːn/

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gran c

1. spruce (mostly the species Picea abies or Norway spruce, the species found most often in Sweden)