/ɡʁɑ̃/
Translation
big, tall, great
Word origin
From Latin grandis ('big, great, full-grown'). English 'grand' and 'grandiose' come from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- grandis
- English cognates
- grand, grandiose, aggrandise
Grammar
Examples
C' .
It's a big step forward for our team and our organisation.
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She is tall and slim, ideal for a career in fashion.
lecteurs.
This great writer changed a whole generation of readers.
Cette ' .
This city is too big to walk around on foot.
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We have a big garden behind the house.
Grand est un adjectif BAGS qui se place avant le nom dans son sens figuré (un grand homme = a great man) et après dans son sens physique (un homme grand = a tall man). Cette distinction de position est importante : un grand homme (a great man) vs un homme grand (a tall man).
Grand-chose (much, in negative sentences: pas grand-chose = not much), grand-père (grandfather), grand-mère (grandmother), grande surface (supermarket, hypermarket) - grand entre dans de nombreux composés. En grand (on a large scale, in a big way) et au grand jour (in broad daylight, openly) sont des locutions adverbiales. Voir les choses en grand (to think big) est une formule encourageante.
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Stories
(12)Seule dans la nuit
2 min read · Core 1000
Chez le médecin
3 min read · Core 1000
Le nouveau voisin
3 min read · Core 1000
Le premier jour de travail
3 min read · Core 1000
Perdu en ville
3 min read · Core 1000
Un après-midi de pluie
3 min read · Core 1000
Le bureau de Lucie
4 min read · Core 5000
Le coffre du jardin
4 min read · Core 5000
Mathieu revient en ville
4 min read · Core 1000
Un voyage difficile
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Une rencontre au marché
4 min read · Core 1000
Dubois fait tout refaire
5 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(9)French Adjective Agreement: Gender, Number, and Position Rules
French Adjective Position: Default, BAGS, and the Meaning Shifts
French Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
French Comparatives: plus, moins, aussi and the Three Irregulars
French Imparfait: One Stem, One Set of Endings, One Irregular
French Possessive Pronouns: le mien, le tien, le sien, le nôtre, le vôtre, le leur
French Stressed Pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles
French Superlatives: le plus, le moins, and the Irregulars
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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