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grampus

Meaninggreat

Common meaning: a dolphin-like sea creature

Journey through time

  1. Latingrandissource
  2. Italiangransource
  3. Englishgrampus‘a dolphin-like sea creature’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin grandis ‘great’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry grandis, p. 242 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry GRAMPUS, p. 242 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • grandis Latin “great, full-grown”

Related words

aggrandisegrandgrandeurgrandiose

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