granda

See also: Granda, grànda, and gránda

English

Noun

granda (plural grandas)

  1. (informal, Scotland, Northern England) grandfather
    • 2017, Sarah Millican, How to be Champion:
      My granda would make everything from scratch and it was a wonderful feast of a picky tea. His potatoes deep-fried in batter were amazing.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French grand.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡranda]
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Hyphenation: gran‧da

Adjective

granda (accusative singular grandan, plural grandaj, accusative plural grandajn)

  1. big, large
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":
      Fiŝo granda naĝas profunde.
      A big fish swims deep.
      Riĉulo havas grandan parencaron.
      A rich person has many relatives.
      Pli granda ol la kaprino, estas la vulpo. - La vulpo estas pli granda ol la vulpo. - La vulpo, pli granda ol la kaprino, estas.
      The fox is bigger than the she-goat.
    Antonym: malgranda

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ido: granda

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkranta/

Verb

granda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grandaði, supine grandað)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to destroy, to damage

Conjugation

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto granda, English grand, French grand, Italian grande, Spanish grande.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡran.da/

Adjective

granda

  1. big, large, great (in size)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Ladin

Adjective

granda

  1. feminine singular of gran

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡran.da/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: gran‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French grande (aventure).

Noun

granda f

  1. (colloquial) row, brawl, fracas
    Synonyms: awantura, brewerie, burda, burza, draka
  2. (colloquial) fib, hoax, blague
    Synonyms: kłamstwo, oszustwo
  3. (colloquial) gang, band
    Synonyms: banda, wataha, zgraja
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

granda m pers

  1. accusative/genitive singular of grand

Further reading

  • granda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • granda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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