different between grande vs gran

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????nde?/, /???ænde?/

Adjective

grande (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ænd/

Adjective

grande (comparative more grande, superlative most grande)

1. Alternative form of grand

Anagrams

• Gander, Garden, danger, gander, garden, graned, nadger, ranged

Asturian

Alternative forms

• gran (apocopic, before a singular noun)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande (epicene, plural grandes)

1. large, big

   Antonym: pequeñu

Related terms

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem (“large, great”).

Adjective

grande

1. big

Danish

Etymology 1

From Spanish grande.

Noun

grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)

1. grandee

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Danish grannæ, from Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô (“neighbour”).

Noun

grande c (singular definite granden, plural indefinite grander)

1. (archaic) neighbour

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????d/
• Homophone: grandes
• Rhymes: -??d

Adjective

grande

1. feminine singular of grand

Anagrams

• danger, de rang

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande m or f (plural grandes)

1. large

   Synonyms: enorme, groso

Interlingua

Adjective

grande (comparative major, superlative le major or le maxime)

1. big, large

   Antonym: parve

2. great

Italian

Etymology

From Latin grandem, accusative form of grandis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew?- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ran.de/
• Hyphenation: gràn?de

Adjective

grande m or f (masculine and feminine plural grandi, comparative più grande or maggiore, superlative grandissimo or massimo or sommo)

1. of greater physical dimensions or numerosity
   1. big (size)
   2. large (quantity)
   3. tall
   4. wide, broad
   5. long
2. great (importance)
3. (colloquial) Synonym of bravo

Usage notes

• The apocopic form gran may be used before singular nouns that start with a consonant. Before singular nouns that start with an impure s, using the apocopic form is ungrammatical but often used in spoken lanugage. Before nouns that start with a vowel, grande can be elided by use of an apostrophe.

Adverb

grande

1. really (intensifier)

Interjection

grande

1. great!

Noun

grande m or f (plural grandi)

1. adult, grownup
2. great (person of major significance)

3. (uncountable) greatness, magnificence

Derived terms

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin grandis.

Adjective

grande (Latin spelling)

1. big

Noun

grande m (Latin spelling)

1. adult

Ligurian

Alternative forms

• grànde (Grafîa ofiçiâ)

Etymology

From Latin grandem, form of grandis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ra?.de/

Adjective

grande (masculine plural grendi, feminine plural grende)

1. big
2. large
3. great

Antonyms

• picin

Latin

Etymology

From grandis (“large, great”).

Adverb

grand? (comparative grandius, superlative grandissim?)

1. greatly
2. (poetic) loudly, aloud

Related terms

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?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• 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)

Norman

Pronunciation

• (Jersey)

Adjective

grande

1. feminine singular of grànd, grand

Old French

Alternative forms

• grant ('grande' steadily replaces 'grant' during the Old French period)

Adjective

grande

1. nominative feminine singular of grant
2. oblique feminine singular of grant

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gran, grand

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

grande

1. 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 ?offri

     [...] because of the great pain I suffered

Descendants

• Fala: grandi
• Galician: grande
• Portuguese: grande

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• grãde (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese grande, from Latin grandis, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?????.d?/, /????d/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?????.d??i/, [??????.d???]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?????.de/

Adjective

grande m or f (plural grandes, comparable)

2. large; great; big (of great size or extent)

4. large; big; numerous (numerically large)

6. (preceding nouns) great (of great importance)

8. (preceding nouns) great; magnanimous (noble and generous in spirit)

10. grown-up; mature

12. (followed by a city’s name) the metropolitan area of, greater

Inflection

• Comparative: maior
• Superlative: máximo (poetic), o maior
• Synthetic superlative: grandíssimo
• Augmentative: grandão, grandalhão
• Diminutive: grandinho, grandote

Quotations

For quotations using 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

• grandemente
• infinitamente grande

Related terms

Noun

grande m, f (plural grandes)

1. (Brazil, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone

   Synonyms: amigo, chefe

Further reading

• “grande” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• gran (preceding a singular noun)

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem (“large, great”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew?- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ande/, [???ãn?.d?e]

Adjective

grande (plural grandes) superlative: grandísimo/el mayor

1. (after the noun or predicatively) big, large

   Synonyms: (for cloth, shoe, place) amplio, voluminoso

   Antonyms: chico, pequeño

2. (before a plural noun) great

   Synonym: grandioso

   Antonym: irrelevante

3. (about human age) aged, old

   Synonyms: anciano, viejo

   Antonyms: chico, joven, pequeño

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.

Derived terms

Noun

grande m (plural grandes)

1. grandee

Descendants

• ? English: grandee
• ? German: Grande

Further reading

• “grande” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

gran (plural grans)

1. (informal, usually affectionate) a grandmother
2. (rare) a grandfather

Translations

Anagrams

• ARNG, NARG, gRNA, garn, gnar, grna, narg, rang

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran m sg (feminine singular grana, neuter singular grano, masculine and neuter plural granos, feminine plural granes)

1. big

Asturian

Adjective

gran

1. (apocopic, before a singular noun) Alternative form of grande, big

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan gran, from Latin grandis, grandem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew?- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /???an/

Adjective

gran (masculine and feminine plural grans)

1. big, large

   Antonym: petit

2. (of a person) old

   Antonym: jove

3. (of a person) older; oldest, eldest, senior
4. great (very large)
5. great (important)

Derived terms

Related terms

• grandiós

Noun

gran m (plural grans)

1. (in the plural) adults, grown-ups

Further reading

• “gran” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gran” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “gran” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gran” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin gr?num.

Noun

gran m (plural grans)

1. wheat, corn
2. grain

Related terms

• granâr

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese gran, from Latin grandis.

Adjective

gran m or f (apocopate)

1. Apocopic form of grande

   Gran Bretaña - Great Britain

   Gran Premio - Grand Prix

Usage notes

It is used, instead of grande, when preceding singular names whose first sound is a consonant

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese grão, from Latin gr?num. Cognate with Portuguese grão and Spanish grano.

Alternative forms

• gra, grao

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???a?]

Noun

gran m (plural grans)

1. (uncountable) grain (the seed of grass food crops)
   • 1396, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, IV, page 449:

     E nos dedes del de cada anno em paz et em salvo en a ayra do dito casar quarta de todo pan e grao que Deus em el der

     and you shall give us each year, pacifically and safely, in the threshing ground of that farm, a quarter of all the bread and the grain that God there gives

2. (countable) grain (a single seed)
3. (countable) grain, particle
4. (countable) a small quantity
   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Tamen bay ese tabeque

     meu velliño, pois fungàs

     que cada grao de èl gorenta,

     con eso as fremas sairàn.

     Also there it goes this tobacco,

     my little old man, since you snivel:

     each grain of it is delectable,

     with this phlegms will go out.

   Synonym: pisca

5. (countable) pimple

   Synonym: espiña

6. (uncountable) grain, texture

   Synonym: textura

Derived terms

• gran de corvo
• pedra de gran

Related terms

• degraer
• degrañar
• Graña
• grañón
• grañudo
• granxa
• Granxa

References

• “grão” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “gran” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “gran” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “gran” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “gran” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gran” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ran/, [?r?än?]

Adjective

gran m or f (apocopate)

1. Apocopic form of grande

   Gran Bretagna - Great Britain

   Gran Premio - Grand Prix

   gran turismo - grand touring

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural gragn, feminine plural grandes)

1. large; great

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/

Etymology

From French grand

Adjective

gran

1. great
2. grown-up
3. big
4. tall

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gr?n (“spruce, pine tree”), from Proto-Germanic *gran? (“awn, bristles”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?r?n- (“edge, end, tip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?n/

Noun

gran f or m (definite singular grana or granen, indefinite plural graner, definite plural granene)

1. spruce (mostly the species Picea abies (Norway spruce)).
2. spruce (wood from spruce trees)

Hypernyms

• furu (“pine”)

Derived terms

• granskog, grandekket, grantopp

References

“gran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gr?n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??n/

Noun

gran f (definite singular grana, indefinite plural graner, definite plural granene)

1. spruce (mostly the species Picea abies (Norway spruce)).
2. spruce (wood from spruce trees)

References

“gran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan gran, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran

1. big; large

Alternative forms

• grand

Etymology 2

From Latin gr?num.

Noun

gran m (plural grans)

1. grain

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran m or f (plural grans)

1. big; large

Descendants

• Catalan: gran
• Occitan: gran

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• grande

Etymology

From grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran

1. big

Descendants

• Fala: gran
• Galician: gran
• Portuguese: grão

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish grant, grand, apocopic forms of grande (“great”). Other apocopic forms inherited from Old Spanish include primer, san and según.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???an/, [???ãn]

Adjective

gran m or f (apocopate, standard form grande)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of grande; great.

Usage notes

• The form gran is used only before and within the noun phrase of the modified singular noun. Elsewhere, grande is used instead.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gr?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r??n/

Noun

gran c

1. spruce (mostly the species Picea abies or Norway spruce, the species found most often in Sweden)

Declension

Anagrams

• garn, rang