grandeur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).
Pronunciation
Noun
grandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs)
Translations
state of being grand or splendid; magnificence
nobility
References
- “grandeur” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
French
Etymology
Old French grandur, from grand + -eur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: grandeurs
Noun
grandeur f (plural grandeurs)
Further reading
- “grandeur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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