grandiose
English
Etymology
From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊs
Adjective
grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)
- large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
- 2019, Nalini Mohabir, Renaming the Cook Islands would be a vital step towards true independence in the Guardian.
- Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.
- 2019, Nalini Mohabir, Renaming the Cook Islands would be a vital step towards true independence in the Guardian.
- pompous or pretentious
Related terms
Translations
large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
pompous or pretentious
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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.djoz/
Audio (file) - Homophone: grandioses
- Rhymes: -oz
Related terms
Further reading
- “grandiose” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Adjective
grandiose
- inflection of grandios:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
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