แกรนด์
grɛɛnMeaning
1AdjectiveB1
grand; magnificent
grand, magnificent, or spectacular; often used as a loanword to describe something luxurious, impressive, or on a large scale
Examples
งานแต่งงานngaan-dtɛ̀ng-ngaanงานแต่งงานngaan-dtɛ̀ng-ngaanwedding; marriage ceremonyของkɔ̌ɔngของkɔ̌ɔng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuffเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉanเพื่อนpʉ̂ʉan1friend2companion; peer (classmate, colleague)จัดjàtจัดjàt1[to] arrange; organize; set up2[to] provide; supply; allocate3intense; strong; extremeได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerดูduuดูduu1[to] look; watch; see2[to] examine; check; inspect3[to] seem; appear4try; have a go5[to] divine; tell fortune6[to] look after; watch; mindแกรนด์grɛɛnแกรนด์grɛɛngrand; magnificentมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerous
My friend's wedding was organized to look very grand.
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โรงแรมrohng raemเปิดใหม่bpèrt màiแห่งนี้hàeng néeตกแต่งdtòk dtàengล็อบบี้lóp-bêeได้dâiแกรนด์graenสุดๆsùt sùt
This newly opened hotel decorated its lobby super grandly.
ชุดราตรีchút raa-dtreeที่têeเธอterใส่sàiมาmaaงานngaanคืนนี้keun néeดูdooสวยsŭuaiและláeแกรนด์graenมากmâakจริงๆjing jing
The evening dress she wore to the event tonight looks truly beautiful and grand.
งานประกาศรางวัลngaan-bprà-gàat-raang-wanปีนี้bpii-níiจัดฉากjàt-chàakและlɛ́แสงสีsɛ̌ɛng-sǐiได้dâaiแกรนด์grɛɛnอลังการà-lang-gaanสมกับที่sǒm-gàp-tîiทุกคนtúk-konรอคอยrɔɔ-kɔɔi
This year's award ceremony set up the stage and lighting grandly and spectacularly, living up to everyone's expectations.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is แกรนด์ said แกรน?
grɛɛn
- Silent letterด์ is silent: the ◌์ mark cancels its sound.
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid classConsonant clusterIn the cluster กร, the first consonant ก sets the class.
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingLive syllableEnds in -น, a sonorant, so it is live.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Mid tone
grɛɛn
Level, in your normal speaking voice.
Mid class + No tone mark + Live syllable → Mid
ด์ is silent here.
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |