grandioso

Borrowed from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandiose.

grandioso (plural grandiosos)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style
2. (music) A passage having this mark

grandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso)

1. (music) played in this style

grandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso)

1. (music) describing a passage having this mark

• organoids, rigadoons

From grande +‎ -oso.

• IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdjo.zo/, (traditional) /ɡranˈdjo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: gran‧dió‧so

grandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosi, feminine plural grandiose)

1. grandiose, magnificent

• grandiosamente
• grandiosità

• → German: grandios
• → English: grandiose
• → Esperanto: grandioza
• → Spanish: grandioso
• → French: grandiose
• → Portuguese: grandioso
• → Russian: грандио́зный (grandióznyj)

• grandioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Italian grandioso.

• Hyphenation: gran‧di‧o‧so

grandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosos, feminine plural grandiosas, metaphonic)

1. great (very big)
2. grand; majestic; magnificent

• grande

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾanˈdjoso/ [ɡɾãn̪ˈd̪jo.so]

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: gran‧dio‧so

grandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosos, feminine plural grandiosas)

1. great

• “grandioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024