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English
Etymology
From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Possibly from grand + -ose, though to be debated. Doublet of grandioso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/, /ˈɡɹæn.di.əʊs/
- Rhymes: -əʊs
Adjective
grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)
- Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
2019 March 6, 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.
- Pompous or pretentious.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:There is a station here, of course, opened as Didcot in June 1844 and renamed as the more grandiose-sounding Didcot Parkway in July 1985.
Translations
large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
- Bulgarian: грандиозен (bg) (grandiozen), внушителен (bg) (vnušitelen)
- Catalan: grandiós
- Danish: grandios, storslået (da), svulstig, storladen, opsigtsvækkende, flot
- Finnish: mahtava (fi)
- French: grandiose (fr)
- Greek: επιβλητικός (el) (epivlitikós)
- Hungarian: grandiózus (hu)
- Italian: grandioso (it)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: grandios, herskapelig (no), storslagen (no)
- Nynorsk: grandios
- Portuguese: grandioso (pt)
- Russian: грандио́зный (ru) (grandióznyj)
- Spanish: grandioso (es)
- Swedish: grandios (sv), storslagen (sv), storartad (sv)
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Further reading
- “grandiose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “grandiose”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “grandiose”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian grandioso.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grandiose (plural grandioses)
- grandiose
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
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
Adjective
grandiose f pl
- feminine plural of grandioso
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
grandiose
- definite singular/plural of grandios
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
grandiose
- definite singular/plural of grandios