grande
English
Adjective
grande (not comparable)
Asturian
Alternative forms
- gran (apocopic, before a singular noun)
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Antonyms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃d/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃d
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.
Interlingua
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]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gràn‧de
Adjective
grande m or f (masculine and feminine plural grandi, comparative più grande or maggiore, superlative grandissimo or massimo or sommo)
Usage notes
- The apocopic form gran may be used before singular nouns.
Ladino
Latin
Etymology
From grandis (“large, great”).
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
- a weighty example, precedent: exemplum magnum, grande
- 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)
Old French
Alternative forms
- grant ('grande' steadily replaces 'grant' during the Old French period)
Adjective
grande
- 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.
- The ship was strong and beautiful and big,
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- oblique feminine singular of grant
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grande
- 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
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 232: A bõa dona por que eu trobava (facsimile)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- grãde (obsolete, abbreviation)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ/, /ˈɡɾɐ̃d/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡɾɐ̃.de/
Adjective
grande m or f (plural grandes, comparable)
- 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.
- large; big; numerous (numerically large)
- Tua família é muito grande.
- Your family is very large.
- (preceding nouns) great (of great importance)
- Os grandes reis da antiguidade.
- The great kings of antiquity.
- (preceding nouns) great; magnanimous (noble and generous in spirit)
- Artur foi um grande rei.
- Arthur was a great king.
- grown-up; mature
- Já és grande, podes trabalhar.
- You’re already grown-up, you can work.
- (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
Quotations
For quotations of use of 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
- infinitamente grande
Noun
grande m, f (plural grandes)
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/, [ˈɡɾãn̪d̪e]
Adjective
grande (plural grandes) superlative: grandísimo
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.
Synonyms
- (size): voluminoso, amplio (for cloth, shoe, place)
- (greatness): grandioso
- (aged): viejo, anciano
Derived terms
- agrandar
- engrandecer
- grandecito
- grandemente
- grandeza
- grandioso
- grandote
- grandulón
- grandura
- requetegrande
Further reading
- “grande” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.