Clipping ofgranny .[ 1]
gran (plural grans )
( informal , usually endearing ) Agrandmother .Clipping ofgrandfather [ 2] orgrandpa .
gran (plural grans )
( informal , usually endearing , rare ) Agrandfather .(Can we add anexample for this sense? ) FromLatin grandis, grandem .
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡɾan/ Syllabification:gran Rhymes:-an gran (plural grans )
big “grande ”, inAragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish) gran
( apocopic, before a singular noun ) alternative form ofgrande ,big Inherited fromOld Catalan gran , fromLatin grandis , ultimately fromProto-Indo-European *ghrewə- ( “ to fell, put down, fall in ” ) .
gran m or f (masculine and feminine plural grans )
big ,large Antonym: petit ( of a person ) old Antonym: jove la gent gran : aged people,elders els grans : (only generic masculine plural, as said by children) theadults ( of a person ) older ;oldest ,eldest ,senior 2020 February 10, Daniel Bonaventura, “"Necessito abraçades i petons"[ "I need hugs and kisses"] ”, inAra [1] :-Hola, mare! Qui soc? -En Joan. -No, no. No soc en Joan. Soc el teu fillgran . Com es diu el teu fillgran ? -Daniel -encara mira a terra. "Hello, mother! Who am I?" "Joan." "No, no. I'm not Joan. I'm youroldest son. What's the name of youroldest son? "Daniel." She's still looking at the ground. great ( very large ) great ( important ) gran m (plural grans )
( in theplural ) adults ,grown-ups “gran ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language ] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “gran ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “gran” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“gran” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.FromOld Norse grǫn , fromProto-Germanic *granō , fromProto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂- .
gran c (singular definite granen ,plural indefinite graner )
spruce (Picea )Synonym: grantræ Coordinate terms: fyr ,lærk spruce (wood from spruce trees )FromLatin granum
gran c (singular definite grannet or granet ,plural indefinite gran )
agrain (of salt etc.)Synonyms: fnug ,korn ( figurative ) a little bit FromLatin grānum .
gran m (plural grans )
wheat ,corn grain IPA (key ) : ( standard ) /ˈɡɾaŋ/ [ˈɡɾɑŋ] IPA (key ) : ( gheada ) /ˈħɾaŋ/ [ˈħɾɑŋ]
Rhymes:-aŋ Hyphenation:gran FromOld Galician-Portuguese gran , fromLatin grandis .
gran m or f (apocopate )
apocopic form ofgrande ( “ great ” ) Gran Bretaña - Great BritainGran Premio - Grand PrixIt is used, instead ofgrande , when preceding singular names whose first sound is a consonant FromOld Galician-Portuguese grão , fromLatin grānum . Cognate withPortuguese grão ,Spanish grano , andCatalan gra .
gran m (plural grans )
( uncountable ) grain ,the seed of grass food crops 1396 , M. Romaní Martínez, editor,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 egrao 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 thegrain that God there gives ( countable ) grain ,seed ,kernel ,bean ,a single seed of certain crops ( countable ) grain ,a single similar particle of various substances ( historical , countable ) grano ,Spanish grain ,a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 50 mg ( countable ) grain ,any of various traditional units of mass notionally based on the weight of various grains ( figurative , countable ) speck ,ounce ,any extremely small quantity or amount Synonym: pisca 1775 , María Francisca Isla y Losada,Romance :Tamen bay ese tabeque meu velliño, pois fungàs que cadagrao de èl gorenta, con eso as fremas sairàn. Also there it goes this tobacco, my little old man, since you snivel: eachgrain of it is delectable, with this phlegms will go out. ( countable ) pimple ,blackhead ,a blocked skin pore, especially with a painful and pus-filled inflamation Synonym: espiña ( uncountable ) grain ,the linear surface texture of various substances Synonym: textura “gran ”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy , 2012–2025 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “grão ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “gran ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega “gran ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart:Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval . SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “gran ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “gran ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “gran ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN gran m or f (apocopate )
apocopic form ofgrande Gran Bretagna - Great BritainGran Premio - Grand Prixgran turismo - grand touringFromLatin grandis, grandem .
gran m (feminine singular granda , masculine plural gragn , feminine plural grandes )
large ;great FromFrench grand .
gran
great grown-up big tall gran on Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia
gran FromDanish gran , fromOld Norse grǫn ( “ spruce, pine tree ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *granō ( “ awn, bristles ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂- .
gran f or m (definite singular grana or granen ,indefinite plural graner ,definite plural granene )
spruce (mostly the speciesPicea abies (Norway spruce )).spruce (wood from spruce trees )“gran” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .
FromOld Norse grǫn ( “ spruce or pine tree ” ) , whence alsogron ( “ muzzle; animal lips ” ) . FromProto-Germanic *granō ( “ awn, bristles ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂- . Cognate withFaroese gron ,Icelandic grön , andSwedish andDanish gran .
gran f (definite singular grana ,indefinite plural graner ,definite plural granene )
spruce (mostly the speciesPicea abies (Norway spruce )).spruce (wood from spruce trees )“gran” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .“gran” in Ivar Aasen (1873)Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring FromOld Occitan gran , fromLatin grandis, grandem .
gran
big ;large FromLatin grānum .
gran m (plural grans )
grain Old Galician-Portuguese [ edit ] Fromgrande , fromLatin grandis, grandem .
gran
apocopic form ofgrande ( “ big ” ) , before consonantsBarreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “gran ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025 ), “gran ”, inVocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese ] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro:Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025 ), “gran ”, inUniverso Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry ] (in Galician), A Coruña:University of A Coruña ,→ISSN Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “gran ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega FromLatin grandis, grandem .
gran m or f (plural grans )
big ;large Borrowed fromRussian гран ( gran ) .
gran n (plural grane )
( obsolete ) grain ( unit of weight ) gran in Academia Română,Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a , Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010.→ISBN FromOld Spanish grant ,grand , apocopic forms ofgrande ( “ great ” ) . Other apocopic forms inherited from Old Spanish includeprimer ,san andsegún .
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡɾan/ [ˈɡɾãn] Rhymes:-an Syllabification:gran gran m or f (apocopate ,standard form grande )
( before the noun ) apocopic form ofgrande ;great 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, inCNN en Español [2] :Lagran ventaja de aprender ruso es que, una vez lo dominas, puedes entender otras lenguas eslavas como el checo, el polaco o el búlgaro. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) The formgran is used only before and within the noun phrase of the modified singular noun. Elsewhere,grande is used instead. en gran gran barr [spruce needles]enjulgran [a Christmas tree [Christmasspruce ]] Inherited fromOld Norse grǫn . First attested in the early 14th century.[ 1]
gran c
spruce (mostly the speciesPicea abies orNorway spruce , the species found most often in Sweden)hugga ner engran cut down aspruce tree Borrowed fromMedieval Latin grānum ( “ smallest unit of weight ” ) ,derived fromLatin grānum ( “ grain; seed ” ) . First attested in 1497.[ 2]
gran c
( historical ) A Swedishgrain at 0.297 mm;1 ⁄ 10 of anylinje ( “ line, 2.97 mm ” ) or 10skrupel ( “ scruple, 29.7 µm ” ) .Coordinate terms: rev ,stång ,fot ,decimaltum ,nylinje ,gran ,skrupel ( historical , pharmacy ) A Swedishgrain at 61.85 mg,1 ⁄ 20 of askrupel ( “ scruple, 1.237 g ” ) .Coordinate terms: liber ,uns ,drakma ,skrupel ,gran 1860 August 11, “Botmedel mot kolera [Cure for cholera ]”, inSkara Nya Tidning :Alla de, ſom under ſjukdomen dagligen intogo 2gran etiope, blefwo bewarade ifrån ſjukdomen. All those who, during the disease, took 2grains of ethiope daily, were preserved from the disease.