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granda

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See also: Granda, grànda, and gránda

English

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Noun

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granda (plural grandas)

  1. (informal, Scotland, Northern England) grandfather
    • 2017, Sarah Millican, How to be Champion:
      My granda would make everything from scratch and it was a wonderful feast of a picky tea. His potatoes deep-fried in batter were amazing.

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French grand.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡranda]
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Hyphenation: gran‧da

Adjective

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granda (accusative singular grandan, plural grandaj, accusative plural grandajn)

  1. big, large
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":
      Fiŝo granda naĝas profunde.
      A big fish swims deep.
      Riĉulo havas grandan parencaron.
      A rich person has many relatives.
      Pli granda ol la kaprino, estas la vulpo. - La vulpo estas pli granda ol la vulpo. - La vulpo, pli granda ol la kaprino, estas.
      The fox is bigger than the she-goat.
    Antonym: malgranda

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ido: granda

Icelandic

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Verb

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granda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grandaði, supine grandað)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to destroy, to damage

Conjugation

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto grandaEnglish grandFrench grandItalian grandeSpanish grande.

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Adjective

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granda

  1. big, large, great (in size)

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Ladin

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Adjective

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granda

  1. feminine singular of gran

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Syllabification: gran‧da

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French grande (aventure).

Noun

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granda f

  1. (colloquial) row, brawl, fracas
    Synonyms: awantura, brewerie, burda, burza, draka
  2. (colloquial) fib, hoax, blague
    Synonyms: kłamstwo, oszustwo
  3. (colloquial) gang, band
    Synonyms: banda, wataha, zgraja
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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granda m pers

  1. accusative/genitive singular of grand

Further reading

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  • granda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • granda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “granda”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270