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)

  1. supersized; gigantic

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

grandissime

  1. feminine plural of grandissimo

Latin

Adverb

grandissimē

  1. superlative degree of grandē
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