different between grandeur vs grandiloquence

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): /???æn.d??/, /???æn.d???/, /???æn.d(j)??/, /???æn.d(j)?/
  • Homophone: grander (one pronunciation)

Noun

grandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs)

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

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “grandeur”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Old French grandur, from grand +? -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.dœ?/
• Homophone: grandeurs

Noun

grandeur f (plural grandeurs)

1. size
2. (physics, mathematics) magnitude, quantity
3. (astronomy) magnitude
4. grandeur

Derived terms

• folie des grandeurs
• grandeur d'âme
• grandeur nature
• ordre de grandeur

See also

• taille
• largeur
• hauteur

Further reading

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

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French grandur.

Noun

grandeur f (plural grandeurs)

1. size

English

Etymology

From Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.

Noun

grandiloquence (countable and uncountable, plural grandiloquences)

1. Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.

   Synonyms: grandiloquy, magniloquence, (rare) magniloquy

Related terms

• grandiloquent
• grandiloquently

Translations

References

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.di.l?.k??s/

Noun

grandiloquence f (plural grandiloquences)

1. grandiloquence

References

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