grandiose

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæn.di.əʊs/
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• rhymes with -əʊs
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From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Possibly from grand + -ose, though to be debated. Doublet of grandioso.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: грандиозен (grandiozen) — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Bulgarian: внушителен (vnušitelen) — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Catalan: grandiós — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Danish: grandios — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Danish: storslået — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Danish: svulstig — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Danish: storladen — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Danish: opsigtsvækkende — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Danish: flot — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Finnish: mahtava — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• French: grandiose — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Georgian: გრანდიოზული (grandiozuli) — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Greek: επιβλητικός (epivlitikós) — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Hungarian: grandiózus — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Italian: grandioso — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Norwegian Bokmål: grandios — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Norwegian Bokmål: herskapelig — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Norwegian Bokmål: storslagen — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grandios — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Portuguese: grandioso — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Russian: грандио́зный (grandióznyj) — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Spanish: grandioso — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Swedish: grandios — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Swedish: storslagen — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Swedish: storartad — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Yiddish: גראַנדיעז (grandyez) — large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
• Bulgarian: помпозен (pompozen) — pompous or pretentious
• Bulgarian: претенциозен (pretenciozen) — pompous or pretentious
• Catalan: grandiós — pompous or pretentious
• Finnish: mahtaileva — pompous or pretentious
• French: pompeux — pompous or pretentious
• French: prétentieux — pompous or pretentious
• Hungarian: grandiózus — pompous or pretentious
• Italian: grandioso — pompous or pretentious
• Portuguese: pomposo — pompous or pretentious
• Russian: помпе́зный (pompéznyj) — pompous or pretentious
• Spanish: grandioso — pompous or pretentious