grandissime
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian grandissimo, itself inherited from grandissimus, the superlative of grandis (“big, large”). Old French had grandisme inherited from the same Latin word, which would have given grandîme if it had survived until Modern French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.di.sim/
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Adjective
grandissime (plural grandissimes)
Further reading
- “grandissime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Adjective
grandissime
- feminine plural of grandissimo
Latin
Adverb
grandissimē
- superlative degree of grande