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Grande

//ˈɡɹɑndeɪ// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a cup of coffee: smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 16 ounces (~ 455 ml). US, not-comparable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of grand. alt-of, alternative

    "Almost symbolically, Lopahin still plays the peasant and Lyubov the grande mistress."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname from the Romance languages. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A grande cup of coffee. US

    "As she went to work the only concern prominent in her mind was a strong desire for a couple of grandes from Starbucks."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of grandee. alt-of, alternative

    "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!”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian grande. Doublet of grand and grandee.

Etymology 3

From Spanish grande. Doublet of grand.

Etymology 4

From French grande, feminine of grand.

Etymology 5

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

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