グランド

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun-modifying (irregular)

Prenominal loanword used in compounds like グランドピアノ (grand piano) or グランドキャニオン (Grand Canyon); not a general adjective for 'big'.

There was a grand piano in the hotel lobby.

グランドキャニオンは壮そう大だいな景色けしきで有ゆう名めいだ。

The Grand Canyon is famous for its magnificent scenery.

グラウンドN2
グランド is a loanword prefix meaning 'grand' as in グランドピアノ, while グラウンド means a sports field or the ground itself, and the two are easily confused because they sound almost identical.
グランデ
グランド comes from English 'grand' and usually describes something majestic or large-scale (e.g. グランドピアノ), while グランデ is an Italian-derived word mainly used for size labels like drink cups.

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Borrowed from English 'grand'.