gran
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æn
Translations
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan gran, from Latin grandis, grandem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).
Adjective
gran (masculine and feminine plural grans)
Related terms
Further reading
- “gran” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Friulian
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡran/, [ɡr̺än̺]
Adjective
gran m or f (apocopate)
- Apocopic form of grande
- Gran Bretagna - Great Britain
- Gran Premio - Grand Prix
- gran turismo - grand touring
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃/
Norwegian Bokmål

gran
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡraːn/
Noun
gran f or m (definite singular grana or granen, indefinite plural graner, definite plural granene)
- spruce (mostly the species Picea abies (Norway spruce)).
- spruce (wood from spruce trees)
Hypernyms
- furu (“pine”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrɑːn/
Noun
gran f (definite singular grana, indefinite plural graner, definite plural granene)
- spruce (mostly the species Picea abies (Norway spruce)).
- spruce (wood from spruce trees)
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
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): [ɡɾan]
Adjective
gran m or f (apocopate, standard form grande)
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrɑːn/
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Noun
gran c
- spruce (mostly the species Picea abies or Norway spruce, the species found most often in Sweden)
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