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grande¹

  • /ˈɡɹɑndeɪ/
  • /ˈɡɹændeɪ/

Rhymes with -ɑndeɪ, -ændeɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.

adjective

  1. US, not comparable Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml).

noun grandes

  1. US A grande cup of coffee. As she went to work the only concern prominent in her mind was a strong desire for a couple of grandes from Starbucks.

grande²

Where it comes from

From Spanish grande. Doublet of grand.

noun grandes

  1. alternative Alternative form of grandee Console yourself with the practical philosophy of our countryman, Private Curtis, who was the picture of a Spanish Grande of the first class, and whom I once heard after a Lenten dinner extemporize with great good-humour this Leonine distich:⁠—“Quod deficit in ferculis / Supplebitur in poculis!”

grande³

  • /ˈɡɹænd/

Rhymes with -ænd

Where it comes from

From French grande, feminine of grand.

adjective more grande · most grande

  1. alternative Alternative form of grand Almost symbolically, Lopahin still plays the peasant and Lyubov the grande mistress.

Grande⁴

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Romance (either Spanish Grande or Italian Grande).

proper noun Grandes

  1. countable, uncountable A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
  2. countable, uncountable A surname from the Romance languages.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: chartreuse, grave, key, casa, rio, allee, duchesse, rue, tall, bravo, high, grown-up, greater, bigger, massive, big

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grande. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grande

Chicago

"grande." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/grande.

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@misc{grande_2026,
  title = {grande},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grande},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}