grandeur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæn.dʒɚ/, /ˈɡɹæn.dʒʊɚ/, /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ʊɚ/, /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ɚ/
  • Homophone: grander (one pronunciation)

Noun

grandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs)

1. The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
2. Nobility.
3. (archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.

References

• “grandeur” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Etymology

Old French grandur, from grand +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ/

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• Homophone: grandeurs

Noun

grandeur f (plural grandeurs)

1. size
2. (physics, mathematics) magnitude, quantity
3. (astronomy) magnitude
4. grandeur

See also

• taille
• largeur
• hauteur

Further reading

• “grandeur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).