different between grandeur vs grandiose

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 French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æn.di???s/, /???æn.di.??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Adjective

grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)

1. Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
2. Pompous or pretentious.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• angroside, diagnoser, dragonise, organdies, organised

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grandioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.djoz/
• Homophone: grandioses
• Rhymes: -oz

Adjective

grandiose (plural grandioses)

1. grandiose

Related terms

• grand

Further reading

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

German

Adjective

grandiose

1. inflection of grandios:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

grandiose f pl

1. feminine plural of grandioso

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios