grandeur

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/, /ˈɡɹæn.djɜː/ /æ/→[ɑ] with BATH-broadening (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒə(ː)/, /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɔː/, /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɜː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæn.d͡ʒɚ/, /ˈɡɹæn.d͡ʒʊɚ/, /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ʊɚ/, /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ɚ/ Homophone: grander (one pronunciation) Hyphenation: gran‧deur === Noun === grandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs) The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence. Antonyms: humility, modesty Nobility (state of being noble). Synonym: majesty (archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “grandeur”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French grandur. By surface analysis, grand +‎ -eur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ/ Homophone: grandeurs === Noun === grandeur f (plural grandeurs) size Near-synonym: taille grandeur nature ― full-size (physics, mathematics) magnitude, quantity ordre de grandeur ― order of magnitude (astronomy) magnitude grandeur, greatness grandeur d'âme ― magnanimity ==== Derived terms ==== folie des grandeurs Votre Grandeur === See also === largeur hauteur === Further reading === “grandeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Walloon == === Etymology === From Old French grandur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʀã.døːʀ/ === Noun === grandeur f (plural grandeurs) size