Faroese

Noun

granni m (genitive singular granna, plural grannar)

1. neighbour

Declension

Synonyms

• (neighbor): nábúgvi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse granni, from Proto-Germanic *garaznô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kranːɪ/

  Rhymes: -anːɪ

Noun

granni m ‎(genitive singular granna, nominative plural grannar)

1. neighbour
   • 1963, Gunnar Dal (translator), Varnarræða Sókratesar (The Apology of Socrates), p. 61:

     Þarna er Kritó, jafnaldri minn og granni, faðir þessa unga manns þarna, Kritobúlosar.

     There is Crito, my contemporary and neighbour, father of that young man there, Critobulus.

Declension

Synonyms

• (neighbor): nágranni, nábúi

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• ranni

Etymology

From Latin grandis, grandem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾanni/, /ˈɣɾanni/
• Hyphenation: gràn‧ni

Adjective

granni m (feminine singular granni, masculine and feminine plural granni)

1. big, large
2. (by extension) old

Antonyms

• (big, large): pìcculu, pìcciulu
• (old): nicu