/ɡʁɑ̃.ʃoz/
Translation
much (only in pas grand-chose, meaning not much)
Word origin
From Old French grant chose ('a big thing'). Grand keeps its old single form before a feminine noun here, as it does in grand-mère, and the whole phrase survives only under a negation.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- grandis + causa
- English cognates
- grand, cause
Examples
' - .
There is not much to eat in the fridge.
' - week-end.
I did not do much this weekend.
-.
It is not worth much.
- .
She never says much during meetings.
, ' -.
Without him, this project would not have come to much.
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