grandulo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *grandis

Latin grandis

Old French grant

Middle French grand

French grandbor.

Esperanto granda

Russian -у́ля (-úlja)bor.

Proto-Slavic *-uľa

Polish -ulabor.

Esperanto -ulo

Esperanto grandulo

From granda (“big”) + -ulo (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡranˈdulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: gran‧du‧lo
• Hyphenation: grand‧ulo

Noun

grandulo (accusative singular grandulon, plural granduloj, accusative plural grandulojn)

1. person of great size, giant

See also

• giganto (“giant (mythological)”)