Grand Prix
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See also: grand prix
English
Alternative forms
- grand prix
- GP (abbreviation)
Etymology
Borrowed from French Grand Prix, from Grand Prix de Paris (“Great Prize of Paris”), an international horserace at Longchamps.
Pronunciation
- (partly anglicised) IPA(key): /ɡɹɑ̃ ˈpɹiː/, /ɡɹɒ̃ ˈpɹiː/
- (UK, anglicised) IPA(key): /ɡɹɒn ˈpɹiː/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹæn(d) ˈpɹiː/, /ɡɹɑn ˈpɹiː/
Noun
Grand Prix (plural Grands Prix)
- any of several international races, especially one of a series for Formula One racing cars
- used to refer to all kinds of sporting events, major awards at festivals and competitions in various fields
Derived terms
Translations
any of several international races, especially one of a series for Formula One racing cars
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French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Grand Prix de Paris ("Grand Prize of Paris"), an international horserace at Longchamps.
Pronunciation
Noun
Grand Prix m (plural Grands Prix)
- Grand Prix (literal translation Grand Prize)
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants
- Arabic: → اَلْجَائِزَة اَلْكُبْرَى (al-jāʔiza l-kubrā) (calque), غْرَان بْرِي (ḡrān brī) (transliteration)
- Chinese: → 大獎賽 / 大奖赛 (dàjiǎngsài) (calque), 格蘭披治 / 格兰披治 (gélánpīzhì) (transliteration)
- → Dutch: Grote Prijs (calque)
- → English: Grand Prix
- German: → Großer Preis (calque), → Grand Prix
- → Hungarian: nagydíj (calque)
- → Italian: Gran Premio (calque)
- Japanese: → 大賞 (calque), グランプリ (transliteration)
- → Korean: → 그랑프리 (Geurangpeuri) (transliteration)
- → Polish: grand prix
- Portuguese: → Grande Prémio (calque), → Grand Prix
- → Russian: → Гран-при́ (Gran-prí) (transliteration)
- → Spanish: Gran Premio (calque)
- → Turkish: Grand Prix
German
Etymology
From French Grand Prix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (singular) /ɡrãˈpriː/, , , , , ,
- IPA(key): (plural, optionally genitive singular) /ɡrãˈpriːs/
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Noun
Grand Prix m (strong, genitive Grand Prix, plural Grand Prix or (learned) Grands Prix)
- (sports, chiefly motor racing, equestrianism) Grand Prix
- Synonym: Großer Preis
- (music) Eurovision Song Contest (dated, still used by some of those born before ca. 1990)
- Synonyms: ESC, Eurovision
See also: Grande Prêmio
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French Grand Prix.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Grand Prix m
- Grand Prix
- Synonym: Grande Prémio
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French Grand Prix.
Noun
Grand Prix (plural Grand Prix'ler or Grands Prix)