different between grand vs brilliant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• grande

Adjective

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

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.
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.

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

   grandfather, grandson, grand-child

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

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

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

Translations

Etymology 2

From granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, etc.

Noun

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.

Further reading

• grand in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• DRAGN

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

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

1. big

French

Etymology

From Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. big, great, grand
2. tall
3. (usually capitalized) Great, an honorific title

4. great; big fat; an intensifier

5. extensive, large

Derived terms

See also

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

Further reading

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

Friulian

Alternative forms

• grant (standard orthography)

Adjective

grand

1. Alternative form of grant

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

grand n (genitive singular grands, nominative plural grönd)

1. damage, harm, destruction
2. (card games) absence of trump cards/suits

Declension

Synonyms

• mein
• skaði
• óskundi

Related terms

• granda

Middle French

Alternative forms

• grant

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

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

1. big; large

Descendants

• French: grand

Norman

Alternative forms

• grànd (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??/, /?r??/
• (Jersey)

Adjective

grand m

1. (Jersey) big

Derived terms

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

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

1. big, large

   Antonyms: pichon, petit

Derived terms

• grandament
• grandàs
• grandesa

Further reading

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

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

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

Swedish

Noun

grand n

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

Usage notes

• 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

Declension

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

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

1. large, big

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brillant (late 17th century), present participle of the verb briller, from Italian brillare, possibly from Latin berillus, beryllus (“a beryl, gem, eyeglass”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (b?rullos, “beryl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??lj?nt/

Adjective

brilliant (comparative more brilliant, superlative most brilliant)

1. Shining brightly.

   the brilliant lights along the promenade

2. (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.

   butterflies with brilliant blue wings

3. (of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone
4. (Britain) Of surpassing excellence.

   The actor's performance in the play was simply brilliant.

5. (Britain) Magnificent or wonderful.
6. Highly intelligent.

   She is a brilliant scientist.

Synonyms

• (shining brightly): glittering, shining
• (of a colour: both light and saturated):
• (of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone):
• (surpassing excellence): excellent, distinctive, striking, superb (obsolete except in UK usage)
• (magnificent or wonderful): exceptional, glorious, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderful (obsolete except in UK usage)
• (highly intelligent): brainy, ingenious
• See also Thesaurus:intelligent

Related terms

• brilliance
• brilliantine
• brilliantly
• brilliantness
• beryl (possibly)
• beryllium (possibly)

Translations

Noun

brilliant (countable and uncountable, plural brilliants)

1. A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.
   • 1717, Alexander Pope, The Basset-Table

     This snuffbox — on the hinge see brilliants shine.
3. (uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.
4. Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa.
5. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

Descendants

• (small type size): (German) Brillant

Translations

Further reading

• brilliant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brilliant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brilliant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

French brillant.

Noun

brilliant

1. brilliant.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN