grandioso
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandiose.
Noun
editgrandioso (plural grandiosos)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style
- (music) A passage having this mark
Adverb
editgrandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso)
- (music) played in this style
Adjective
editgrandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso)
- (music) describing a passage having this mark
Anagrams
editItalian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɡranˈdjo.zo/, (traditional) /ɡranˈdjo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: gran‧dió‧so
Adjective
editgrandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosi, feminine plural grandiose)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → German: grandios
- → English: grandiose
- → Esperanto: grandioza
- → Spanish: grandioso
- → French: grandiose
- → Portuguese: grandioso
- → Russian: грандио́зный (grandióznyj)
Further reading
edit- grandioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian grandioso.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: gran‧di‧o‧so
Adjective
editgrandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosos, feminine plural grandiosas, metaphonic)
- great (very big)
- grand; majestic; magnificent
Related terms
editSpanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɡɾanˈdjoso/ [ɡɾãn̪ˈd̪jo.so]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: gran‧dio‧so
Adjective
editgrandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosos, feminine plural grandiosas)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “grandioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Italian/ozo
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