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# {{lb|gl|uncountable}} [[grain]] {{gloss|the seed of grass food crops}}
# {{lb|gl|uncountable}} [[grain]], {{ngd|the seed of grass food crops}}
#* '''1396''', M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), ''La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira''. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, IV, page 449:
#* '''1396''', M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), ''La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira''. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, IV, page 449:
#*: ''E nos dedes del de cada anno em paz et em salvo en a ayra do dito casar quarta de todo pan e '''grao''' que Deus em el der''
#*: ''E nos dedes del de cada anno em paz et em salvo en a ayra do dito casar quarta de todo pan e '''grao''' que Deus em el der''
#*:: and you shall give us each year, pacifically and safely, in the threshing ground of that farm, a quarter of all the bread and the '''grain''' that God there gives
#*:: and you shall give us each year, pacifically and safely, in the threshing ground of that farm, a quarter of all the bread and the '''grain''' that God there gives
# {{lb|gl|countable}} [[grain]] {{gloss|a single seed}}
# {{lb|gl|countable}} [[grain]], [[seed]], [[kernel]], [[bean]], {{ngd|a single seed of certain crops}}
# {{lb|gl|countable}} [[grain]], [[particle]]
# {{lb|gl|countable}} [[grain]], {{ngd|a single similar particle of various substances}}
# {{lb|gl|countable}} a [[small]] [[quantity]]
# {{lb|gl|historical|countable}} [[grano]], [[Spanish grain]], {{ngd|a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 50 mg}}
# {{lb|gl|countable}} [[grain]], {{ngd|any of various traditional units of mass notionally based on the weight of various grains}}
# {{lb|gl|figurative|countable}} [[speck]], [[ounce]], {{ngd|any extremely small quantity or amount}}
#* '''1775''', María Francisca Isla y Losada, ''Romance'':
#* '''1775''', María Francisca Isla y Losada, ''Romance'':
#*: ''Tamen bay ese tabeque''
#*: ''Tamen bay ese tabeque<br>meu velliño, pois fungàs<br>que cada '''grao''' de èl gorenta,<br>con eso as fremas sairàn.''
#*:: Also there it goes this tobacco,<br>my little old man, since you snivel:<br>each '''grain''' of it is delectable,<br>with this phlegms will go out.
#*: ''meu velliño, pois fungàs''
#*: ''que cada '''grao''' de èl gorenta,''
#*: ''con eso as fremas sairàn.''
#*:: Also there it goes this tobacco,
#*:: my little old man, since you snivel:
#*:: each '''grain''' of it is delectable,
#*:: with this phlegms will go out.
#: {{syn|gl|pisca}}
#: {{syn|gl|pisca}}
# {{lb|gl|countable}} [[pimple]]
# {{lb|gl|countable}} [[pimple]], [[blackhead]], {{ngd|a blocked skin pore, especially with a painful and pus-filled inflamation}}
#: {{syn|gl|espiña}}
#: {{syn|gl|espiña}}
# {{lb|gl|uncountable}} [[grain]], [[texture]]
# {{lb|gl|uncountable}} [[grain]], {{ngd|the linear surface texture of various substances}}
#: {{syn|gl|textura}}
#: {{syn|gl|textura}}


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Revision as of 06:15, 10 January 2023

See also: Gran, grán, grań, gràn, grãn, Grän, and grån

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹæn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æn

Noun

gran (plural grans)

  1. (informal, usually affectionate) A grandmother.
  2. (rare) A grandfather. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran

  1. big

Asturian

Adjective

gran

  1. (apocopic, before a singular noun) Alternative form of grande, big

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan gran, from Latin grandis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gran m or f (masculine and feminine plural grans)

  1. big, large
    Antonym: petit
  2. (of a person) old
    Antonym: jove
  3. (of a person) older; oldest, eldest, senior
    • 2020 February 10, Daniel Bonaventura, “"Necessito abraçades i petons" ["I need hugs and kisses"]”, in Ara‎[1]:
      -Hola, mare! Qui soc?
      -En Joan.
      -No, no. No soc en Joan. Soc el teu fill gran. Com es diu el teu fill gran?
      -Daniel -encara mira a terra.
      "Hello, mother! Who am I?"
      "Joan."
      "No, no. I'm not Joan. I'm your oldest son. What's the name of your oldest son?
      "Daniel." She's still looking at the ground.
  4. great (very large)
  5. great (important)

Derived terms

Noun

gran m (plural grans)

  1. (in the plural) adults, grown-ups

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin grānum.

Noun

gran m (plural grans)

  1. wheat, corn
  2. grain

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese gran, from Latin grandis.

Adjective

gran m or f (apocopate)

  1. Apocopic form of grande
    Gran Bretaña - Great Britain
    Gran Premio - Grand Prix
Usage notes

It is used, instead of grande, when preceding singular names whose first sound is a consonant

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese grão, from Latin grānum. Cognate with Portuguese grão, Spanish grano, and Catalan gra.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

gran m (plural grans)

  1. (uncountable) grain, the seed of grass food crops
    • 1396, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, IV, page 449:
      E nos dedes del de cada anno em paz et em salvo en a ayra do dito casar quarta de todo pan e grao que Deus em el der
      and you shall give us each year, pacifically and safely, in the threshing ground of that farm, a quarter of all the bread and the grain that God there gives
  2. (countable) grain, seed, kernel, bean, a single seed of certain crops
  3. (countable) grain, a single similar particle of various substances
  4. (historical, countable) grano, Spanish grain, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 50 mg
  5. (countable) grain, any of various traditional units of mass notionally based on the weight of various grains
  6. (figurative, countable) speck, ounce, any extremely small quantity or amount
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Tamen bay ese tabeque
      meu velliño, pois fungàs
      que cada grao de èl gorenta,
      con eso as fremas sairàn.
      Also there it goes this tobacco,
      my little old man, since you snivel:
      each grain of it is delectable,
      with this phlegms will go out.
    Synonym: pisca
  7. (countable) pimple, blackhead, a blocked skin pore, especially with a painful and pus-filled inflamation
    Synonym: espiña
  8. (uncountable) grain, the linear surface texture of various substances
    Synonym: textura
Derived terms

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡran/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation: gràn

Adjective

gran m or f (apocopate)

  1. Apocopic form of grande
    Gran Bretagna - Great Britain
    Gran Premio - Grand Prix
    gran turismo - grand touring

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran m (feminine singular granda, masculine plural gragn, feminine plural grandes)

  1. large; great

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French grand.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gran

  1. great
  2. grown-up
  3. big
  4. tall

Norwegian Bokmål

 gran on Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia
gran

Etymology

From Danish gran, from Old Norse grǫn (“spruce, pine tree”), from Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, bristles”), fFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂-.

Pronunciation

Noun

gran f or m (definite singular grana or granen, indefinite plural graner, definite plural granene)

  1. spruce (mostly the species Picea abies (Norway spruce)).
  2. spruce (wood from spruce trees)

Hypernyms

Derived terms

References

“gran” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse grǫn (“spruce or pine tree”), whence also gron (“muzzle; animal lips”). From Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, bristles”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂-. Cognate with Faroese gron, Icelandic grön, and Swedish and Danish gran.

Pronunciation

Noun

gran f (definite singular grana, indefinite plural graner, definite plural granene)

  1. spruce (mostly the species Picea abies (Norway spruce)).
  2. spruce (wood from spruce trees)

Derived terms

References

  • “gran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “gran” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Occitan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan gran, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran

  1. big; large
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Latin grānum.

Noun

gran m (plural grans)

  1. grain

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran m or f (plural grans)

  1. big; large

Descendants

  • Occitan: gran

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From grande, from Latin grandis, grandem.

Adjective

gran

  1. big

Descendants

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish grant, grand, apocopic forms of grande (“great”). Other apocopic forms inherited from Old Spanish include primer, san and según.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾan/ [ˈɡɾãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: gran

Adjective

gran m or f (apocopate, standard form grande)

  1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of grande; great.

Usage notes

  • The form gran is used only before and within the noun phrase of the modified singular noun. Elsewhere, grande is used instead.

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse grǫn.

Pronunciation

Noun

gran c

  1. spruce (mostly the species Picea abies or Norway spruce, the species found most often in Sweden)

Declension

Declension of gran
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gran grans
definite granen granens
plural indefinite granar granars
definite granarna granarnas

Further reading

Anagrams

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