grandeur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn.dʒɚ/, /ˈɡɹæn.dʒʊɚ/, /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ʊɚ/, /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ɚ/
- Homophone: grander (one pronunciation)

Noun

grandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs)

The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
Nobility.
(archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.

Translations

state of being grand or splendid; magnificence

Bulgarian: величие (bg) n (veličie), великолепие (bg) n (velikolepie)
Catalan: grandesa f
Finnish: upeus (fi)
French: splendeur (fr) f

Irish: ardchéim f
Latin: granditās f
Portuguese: grandeza (pt) f
Russian: великоле́пие (ru) (velikolépije)
Swedish: storslagenhet (sv) c

nobility

Bulgarian: знатност f (znatnost), благородство (bg) n (blagorodstvo)
Finnish: aateluus (fi)

Irish: ^{(please verify)} ardnós m
Russian: знатность (ru) (znatnostʹ)

greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness

Bulgarian: величественост (bg) f (veličestvenost)
Finnish: suuruus (fi)

Portuguese: grandeza (pt) f, grandor m (also archaic)
Russian: вели́чие (ru) (velíčije)

References

“grandeur” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

Old French grandur, from grand +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
Homophone: grandeurs

Noun

grandeur f (plural grandeurs)

size
(physics, mathematics) magnitude, quantity
(astronomy) magnitude
grandeur

See also

Further reading

“grandeur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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