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French
Adjective
grandiloquente
- feminine singular of grandiloquent
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin grande- (“big”) + loquente (“which speaks”), present participle of loqui (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi.loˈkwẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi.loˈkwẽ.te/
- Hyphenation: gran‧di‧lo‧quen‧te
Adjective
grandiloquente m or f (plural grandiloquentes)
- (of a person, their language or writing) grandiloquent (overly wordy or elaborate)
Further reading
- “grandiloquente”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “grandiloquente”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “grandiloquente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “grandiloquente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “grandiloquente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “grandiloquente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024