grand

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹænd/

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• Rhymes: -ænd

From Middle English grand, grond, graund, graunt, from Anglo-Norman graunt, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grande and grandee.

• grande

grand (comparative grander or more grand, superlative grandest or most grand)

1. (augmentative) Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
   1. Of a large size or extent; great.

      a grand mountain

      a grand army

      a grand mistake

   2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignified, magnificent.

      a grand monarch

      a grand view

      His simple vision has transformed into something far more grand.

      • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

        In the mean time, Cluffe had arrived. He was a little bit huffed and grand at being nailed as an evidence, upon a few words carelessly, or, if you will, confidentially dropped at his own mess-table, where Lowe chanced to be a guest; and certainly with no suspicion that his little story could in any way be made to elucidate the mystery of Sturk's murder.

   3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name.

      a grand lodge

      a grand vizier

      a grand piano

      The Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.

      Grand Admiral

2. (usually in compound forms) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent (see grand-).

   grandfather, grandson, grand-child

3. (Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated) Fine; lovely.

   A cup of tea? That'd be grand.

4. (music) Containing all the parts proper to a given form of composition.

• (augmentative): great, super-, supra-, hyper-, ultra-, uber-, macro-, arch-, over-, mega-, giga-, -zilla

grand (plural grands or grand)

1. (plural "grand") A thousand of some unit of currency, such as dollars or pounds. (Compare G.)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:grand.
2. (music, plural "grands") A grand piano

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

grand (plural grands)

1. A grandparent or grandchild.
   • 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 269:

     Once, in Maryland, he met four families of slaves who had all been together for a hundred years: great-grands, grands, mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins, children.

   • 2012, Brenda Jackson, Texas Wild & Beyond Temptation, page 47:

     Her granddaughter and great-granddaughter went with us as chaperones. Did I ever tell you that she had six grands and two great-grands? […] And Emily agrees with me it's a shame that I don't even have a grand.

• “grand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• DRAGN

From Latin grandis.

grand (feminine grand or grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grands or grandes)

1. big

grand (ORB)

1. Alternative form of grant (“large”)

• grand in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Inherited from Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Latin grandem.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃/, (followed by vowel or h muet) /ɡʁɑ̃.t‿/

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grand (feminine grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes)

1. big
2. tall
3. grown up, big

   Quand je serai grande, je veux être astronaute. ― When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.

   Il l’a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. ― He did it all on his own like a big boy.

4. great

   un grand homme ― a great man

   une grande dame ― a great lady

   un grand écrivain ― a great writer

   un grand compositeur ― a great composer

   Alexandre le Grand ― Alexander the Great

   Pierre le Grand ― Peter the Great

5. big fat (an intensifier)

   Synonym: gros

   un grand tricheur ― a big fat cheater

This adjective is usually placed before the noun. When applied to people, the meaning "great" is only available when the adjective is before the noun. When it is placed after the noun, it can only mean physically large or (more commonly) tall. Un grand homme can be a great man or a large/tall man; un homme grand can only be a large/tall man.

grand m (plural grands, feminine grande)

1. grown-up

• grand-mère
• grand-père
• grand-chose

• “grand”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• grant (standard orthography)

grand

1. Alternative form of grant

From Old Norse grand (“injury, hurt”).

• IPA^(key): /krant/
• Rhymes: -ant

grand n (genitive singular grands, nominative plural grönd)

1. (higher register, uncommon) damage, harm, destruction

   verða að grandi ― come to harm

2. (card games) absence of trump cards/suits; no-trump

• mein
• skaði
• óskundi

• granda

From English grand (“magnificent”).

grand

1. (colloquial) grandiose, splashy, impressive

   Synonyms: tilkomumikill, flottur

   Veislan var svaka grand. ― The party was very grandiose.

Akin to Italian grande, from Latin grandis.

grand

1. big, large

• grant

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes) (comparative greigneur, superlative greigneur)

1. big; large

• French: grand
• Norman: grand
• Picard: grand
• → English: grand

• grànd (Guernsey)

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑ̃/, /ɡrɔ̃/

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grand m

1. (Jersey) big

From Latin grandis.

grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)

1. big, large

   Antonyms: pichon, petit

• grandament
• grandàs
• grandesa

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 538.

• IPA^(key): /ɡrant/

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Syllabification: grand
• Homophone: grant

Borrowed from Spanish grande.

grand m pers

1. grandee (official aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish and Portuguese nobility)
2. grandee (high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

grand f

1. genitive plural of granda

• grand in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• grand in PWN's encyclopedia

• grond (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)
• grànd (Sutsilvan)

From Latin grandis, grandem.

grand m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandas)

1. (Puter) big, large
2. (Puter) tall

grand n

1. a mote, a speck, something very small and unimportant

   Huru kommer det till, att du ser grandet i din broders öga, men icke bliver varse bjälken i ditt eget öga?

   And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? (Matthew 7:3)

• The form grann is used in the adverb litegrann (“a bit”), which in older texts can be written litet grand.
• Phrases like vi åt lunch på Grand, refer to a "Grand Hotel" available in several towns

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʀã/

grand m (feminine singular grande, masculine plural grands, feminine plural grandes, feminine plural (before noun) grandès)

1. large, big