wikipedia|dab=grand
English

Etymology
ME., from AF. graunt, from OF. grant#Old French|grant/#French|grand, from L. term|grandis.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-grand.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ænd|-ænd

Adjective
en-adj|er

1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.
3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.
4. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.

Translations
trans-top|Of large size or exten
Finnish: suuri
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trans-top|Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression
Finnish: suuri, mahtava, muhkea
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trans-top|Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name
Finnish: suur-
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trans-top|Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent
Finnish: iso-
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Noun
en-noun|grand

1. US|colloquial One thousand dollars.
2. UK One thousand pounds sterling.

Translations
trans-top|One thousand dollars
Finnish: tonni (colloquial), tonttu (slang)
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trans-top|One thousand pounds sterling
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French
Etymology
Latin grandis

Pronunciation
IPA|/ɡ���/
SAMPA|/gRA~/

Adjective
fr-infl-adj|smgrand|sfgrande|pmgrands|pfgrandes|smpɡ���|sfpɡ���d|pmpɡ���|pfpɡ���d
grand

1. big, great, grand
2. tall

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