grand-ducal, adj.m., (—-ducaux), grand-ducale, adj.f., (—-—s) of a grand-duke.
grandelet, -te (gran-dlè, -t), adj., biggish, pretty tall.
grandement (gran-dmān), adv., grandly, nobly; greatly, vastly, highly, extremely, largely, very much; handsomely.
grandesse, n.f., grandeeship.
grandeur, n.f., size; height; length; breadth bulk, bulkiness; greatness, largeness, magnitude, hugeness, bigness; tallness; might; grandeur, nobleness; (titles) grace, highness. Ils sont de même —; they are of the same size. De — naturelle; life-size. Il a un air de — qui impose; he has an air of grandeur that commands respect. — d’âme; magnanimity. Regarder quelqu’un du haut de sa —; to look down upon any one. Ma “—” ne va pas jusqu’à cette planche; my “highness” cannot reach up to that shelf (V. Hugo).
grandiose, adj., grand, imposing.
grandiose, n.m., grandeur.
grandir, v.n., to grow; to grow up, to spring up; to grow tall, to grow big; to increase, to magnify, to give importance to. — trop pour ses habits; to grow out of one’s clothes.
se grandir, v.r., to make one’s self appear taller; to become taller, to grow taller; to grow; to become greater, to raise one’s self, to rise.
grandissement, n.m., growth, increase, rise.