grandee
English
/ɡɹænˈdiː/
noun
Definitions
- A high-ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal.
- (by extension) A person of high rank.
- The title for a high ranking nobleman in Spain or Portugal.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian grande (large) derived from Latin grandis (large, great, grand, grown up).
Origin
Latin
grandis
Gloss
large, great, grand, grown up
Kanji
大
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grandeeship English
- grandiflora English
- grandem, grandis Latin
- grandesco Latin
- grandiceps Latin
- grandicornis Latin
- grandifer Latin
- grandiflorus Latin
- grandifolius Latin
- grandimanus Latin
- grandior Latin
- grandis Latin
- granditer Latin
- pergrandis Latin
- vegrandis Latin
- Grande German
- grandioso Italian
- agrandar Spanish, Castilian
- engrandecer Spanish, Castilian
- grande Spanish, Castilian
- grandemente Spanish, Castilian
- grandeza Spanish, Castilian
- grandor Spanish, Castilian
- grandote Spanish, Castilian
- *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- grande Portuguese
- grande Danish
- grandur Old French
- grant Old French
- gran Old Portuguese
- grande Old Portuguese
- grand Occitan
- grande Ladino
- grandi Kabuverdianu
- grand Bourguignon
- grando Istriot