"grandeur" meaning in English

See grandeur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡɹæn.djɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒə(ː)/ [British, Southern, Standard], /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɔː/ [British, Southern, Standard], /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɜː/ [British, Southern, Standard], /ˈɡɹæn.d͡ʒɚ/ [US], /ˈɡɹæn.d͡ʒʊɚ/ [US], /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ʊɚ/ [US], /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-grandeur.wav Forms: grandeurs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|grandeur}} Middle French grandeur, {{der|en|fro|grandur}} Old French grandur, {{cog|fr|grand}} French grand, {{der|en|la|grandis|t=grown up, great}} Latin grandis (“grown up, great”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} grandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs)
  1. The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being grand or splendid; magnificence): вели́чие (velíčie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), великоле́пие (velikolépie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), grandesa [feminine] (Catalan), upeus (Finnish), splendeur [feminine] (French), ardchéim [feminine] (Irish), granditās [feminine] (Latin), вели́чавост (velíčavost) [feminine] (Macedonian), вели́чие (velíčie) [neuter] (Macedonian), вели́чина (velíčina) [feminine] (Macedonian), grandeza [feminine] (Portuguese), вели́чие (velíčije) [neuter] (Russian), великоле́пие (velikolépije) [neuter] (Russian), grandeza [feminine] (Spanish), storslagenhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. Nobility (state of being noble). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (nobility): зна́тност (znátnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), благоро́дство (blagoródstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), aateluus (Finnish), благо́родство (blagórodstvo) (Macedonian), പ്രതാപം (pratāpaṁ) (Malayalam), മഹത്വം (mahatvaṁ) (Malayalam), зна́тность (znátnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), благоро́дство (blagoródstvo) [neuter] (Russian)
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  3. (archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness. Tags: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable Translations (greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness): böyüklük (Azerbaijani), вели́чественост (velíčestvenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), suuruus (Finnish), вели́чие (velíčie) [neuter] (Macedonian), величе́ственост (veličéstvenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), grandeza [feminine] (Portuguese), grandor [also, archaic, masculine] (Portuguese), вели́чие (velíčije) [neuter] (Russian), вели́чественность (velíčestvennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: delusion of grandeur, folie de grandeur

Inflected forms

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      "word": "вели́чавост"
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      "word": "grandeza"
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      "word": "вели́чие"
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      "sense": "state of being grand or splendid; magnificence",
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      "sense": "state of being grand or splendid; magnificence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "storslagenhet"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "znátnost",
      "sense": "nobility",
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      "word": "зна́тност"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "blagoródstvo",
      "sense": "nobility",
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      "word": "благоро́дство"
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      "sense": "nobility",
      "word": "aateluus"
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      "roman": "pratāpaṁ",
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      "word": "പ്രതാപം"
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      "roman": "mahatvaṁ",
      "sense": "nobility",
      "word": "മഹത്വം"
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      "sense": "nobility",
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      "code": "az",
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      "roman": "velíčestvenost",
      "sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
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      "sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
      "word": "suuruus"
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      "sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
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      "word": "grandor"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "velíčije",
      "sense": "greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness",
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      "word": "вели́чие"
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      "roman": "velíčestvennostʹ",
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      ],
      "word": "вели́чественность"
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}

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