grandiloquence
French, noun/ɡʁɑ̃.di.lɔ.kɑ̃s/
grandiloquence is spelled G-R-A-N-D-I-L-O-Q-U-E-N-C-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 90,544th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grandiloquence is a French feminine noun meaning “grandiloquence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abus des grands mots dans le discours, éloquence boursouflée”.
What does grandiloquence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrandiloquence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abus des grands mots dans le discours, éloquence boursouflée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of grandiloquence
- grandiloquences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grandiloquence?
- /ɡʁɑ̃.di.lɔ.kɑ̃s/
- \ɡʁɑ̃.di.lɔ.kɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grandiloquence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grandiloquence in French?
grandiloquence appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).