Grand Prix Definition

gräɴ prē
grands-prix
noun
Any of several competitive international road races for sports cars of specific engine size over an exacting, usually risky course.
American Heritage
Any of a series of races involving formula cars and leading to an overall championship.
The grand prix circuit.
Webster's New World
Any competitive event or, often, series of events: usually used as part of the title.
Webster's New World
First prize; highest award in a competition.
Webster's New World

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Noun

Singular:
Grand Prix
Plural:
grands-prix

Origin of Grand Prix

  • French short for Grand Prix de Paris originally an international horserace established in 1863 at Longchamp in Paris

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Grand Prix Sentence Examples

  • He was elected an associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1876, and a full member in 1880; an associate of the Royal Academy in 1885, and an academician in 1893; and at Paris, in 1887, where he exhibited "The Newhaven Packet" and "The Clearness after Rain," he received a grand prix and was made a knight of the Legion of Honour.

  • As a sculptor he was awarded a medal of the first class in 1878 and the Grand Prix in 1889.

  • At last, when the competition for the Grand Prix came on, Delaroche gave Millet to understand that he intended to secure the nomination of another, and thereupon Millet withdrew himself, and with his friend Marolle started in a little studio in the Rue de 1'Est.

  • He entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and studied under Falguiere and Jouffroy, and in 1868 gained the Grand Prix de Rome.

  • Numerous other statues, portrait busts, and medallions came from the sculptor's hand, which gained him a medal of honour at the Paris Exhibition of 1878 and the grand prix at that of 1889.

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