grandeur

1 the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandness]

2 the quality of being exalted in character or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, magnanimousness]

English

Etymology

From grandeur < grand < grandis.

Pronunciation

• /ɡɹɑː.də/

Noun

1. The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
2. Nobility.

French

Etymology

< grand < grandis.

Pronunciation

• /ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ/, /gRA~.d9R/

Noun

fr-noun f

1. size

See also

• taille
• largeur
• hauteur

Grandeur may refer to:

• 70 mm Grandeur film
• Hyundai Grandeur, a car introduced in 1986
• Grandeur of the Seas, a cruise ship placed in service in 1996

• Delusions of grandeur (megalomania)
  • Delusions of Grandeur (novel), a Star Wars book in the Young Jedi Knights series
• "Oh! The Grandeur", a 1999 indie rock album by Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire

See also

• Grand

Babylonian splendor, ampleness, amplitude, augustness, bigness, broadness, bulk, capaciousness, comprehensiveness, consequence, conspicuousness, copiousness, courtliness, dignifiedness, dignity, distinction, elaborateness, elegance, elevation, eminence, enormity, enormousness, exaltation, excellence, expanse, expansiveness, extensiveness, formidableness, fullness, generousness, gigantism, glory, gorgeousness, grandiosity, grandness, gravity, great scope, greatness, high mightiness, hugeness, immensity, importance, imposingness, impressiveness, infinity, intensity, kingliness, largeness, lavishness, loftiness, lordliness, luxuriousness, luxury, magnificence, magnitude, majesty, mark, might, mightiness, muchness, nobility, nobleness, notability, note, outstandingness, plenitude, plushness, pomp, poshness, power, pride of bearing, pride of place, princeliness, prodigiousness, profundity, prominence, proud bearing, proudness, regality, resplendence, ritziness, sedateness, significance, sobriety, solemnity, spaciousness, splendidness, splendiferousness, splendor, state, stateliness, strength, stupendousness, sublimity, sumptuousness, supereminence, tallness, tremendousness, vastness, venerability, wideness, worthiness