grande
Portuguese
/ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ/, /ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/, /ˈɡɾɐ̃.de/
adj
Definitions
- large; great; big of great size or extent
- large; big; numerous numerically large
- (preceding nouns) great of great importance
- (preceding nouns) great; magnanimous noble and generous in spirit
- grown-up; mature
- (followed by a city’s name) the metropolitan area of, greater
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese grande inherited 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
- grandee 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
- caloria Portuguese
- grande-caloria Portuguese
- grandão Portuguese
- grande Danish
- grandur Old French
- grant Old French
- grande Galician
- gran Old Portuguese
- grande Old Portuguese
- grand Occitan
- grandi Papiamentu
- grande Ladino
- grandi Kabuverdianu
- grand Bourguignon
- grando Istriot
- garandi Guinea-Bissau Creole