grandiloquent
French, adjective/ɡʁɑ̃.di.lɔ.kɑ̃/
grandiloquent is spelled G-R-A-N-D-I-L-O-Q-U-E-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 79,170th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grandiloquent is a French adjective meaning “grandiloquent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui s’exprime avec grandiloquence”.
What does grandiloquent mean in English?
adjective
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grandiloquent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui s’exprime avec grandiloquence. 2. Où il y a de la grandiloquence.
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 grandiloquent
- grandiloquente feminine
- grandiloquents masculine plural
- grandiloquentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grandiloquent?
- /ɡʁɑ̃.di.lɔ.kɑ̃/
- \ɡʁɑ̃.di.lɔ.kɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grandiloquent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grandiloquent in French?
grandiloquent appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).