grande
- noun
- /ˈɡrɑːndeɪ/
- Can I have a Grande iced Chai tea latte with light ice, please?
I would probably order this as a Grande and with soy milk, but damn, whoever picked this one, we have the same taste buds.
- I would probably order this as a Grande and with soy milk, but damn, whoever picked this one, we have the same taste buds.
Examples
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Okay, we need two grande cappuccinos, non-fat.
Fiction book (2001) -
And then mine is a Grande ice caramel macchiato.
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The first one that I'm going to try is the Grande pumpkin cream cold brew.
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OK, Ariana ordered a Grande americano.
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Hi, can I please get a Grande ice cream tea unsweetened with the vanilla sweet cream cold foam?
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Can I please have a Grande latte iced please with coconut milk?
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Order a grande Misto with three pumps of pumpkin sauce and nonfat milk.
Blog text (3) -
It's going to be a Grande and I'll get an iced Chai latte with oat milk, please.
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I'll have a Taft's-Sorrel mineral water, a piece of papaya cheesecake, and a grande cappuccino.
Fiction book (1995) -
I ordered a grande latte to enjoy with my breakfast.
Synonyms
A hot drink made by brewing roasted, ground beans with water
A very large coffee size at Starbucks holding about 20 ounces
A larger meal size at a fast food restaurant, often for an extra charge
Compounds
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grande as the name of a drink size comes from the Latin grandis meaning 'large' or 'great'. So ordering a grande means asking for a notably big (or medium-large) cup, and you can remember it by thinking of the English word grand for something 'big'.