Significations et usages de grande

grand (adj.)

grown-up, high, long, prominent, tall, large, major, big, good, great, eminent, grand, magnanimous, wide, exalted, elevated, sublime, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded, notable, leading, outstanding, adult, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup, greater

grand (adv.)

wide

grand (n.)

great, large person

grande (adj.)

great

arrière-grand-mère (n.)

great grandmother, great-grandmother

arrière-grand-père (n.)

great grandfather, great-grandfather

au grand air

alfresco, in the open, in the open air, out, outdoors, out of doors, outside

avoir grand faim (v.) (V)

be faint with hunger, be starving  (colloquial), famish, hunger, starve

en grand (adv.)

massively, on a large scale, on a massive scale

faire grand cas (v.) (V+de+comp)

make much of, take hard

grand âge (n.)

age

grand air (n.)

ambient air, country air, fresh air, open, open air, outdoors, out-of-doors, outside air, ozone  (colloquial), unheated air

grand-angle (n.)

fisheye lens, wide angle, wide-angle, wide angle lens, wide-angle lens

grand-angulaire (n.)

fisheye lens, wide-angle, wide angle lens, wide-angle lens

grand-angulaire (n.) (optique;photographie)

fisheye lens, wide-angle, wide angle lens, wide-angle lens

grand bain (n.)

deep end, deep water, swimmers' pool

grand blessé (n.)

badly wounded person, seriously injured person

grand bruit (n.)

ado, bother, bustle, bustling, carry-on, flurry, fuss, hassle, hustle, jostling, loudness, pushing, stir, trouble

Grand Canal

Grand Canal

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

grand champ (n.)

outfield

grand chelem (n.)

grand slam

grand-chelem (n.)

grand slam

Grand Chien (n.)

Great Dog

grand d'Espagne (n.)

grandee, Spanish grandee

grand d'espagne (n.)

grandee

grand dadais (n.)

hobbledehoy

grand dauphin (n.)

Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, bottlenose, bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, genus Tursiops, Tursiops, Tursiops truncatus

grand dépendeur d'andouilles (n.) (vieux)

ass, berk  (British), blockhead, bonehead, booby  (informal), bugger  (colloquial), burk  (British), changeling, chump, clot, cretin  (informal), damn fool  (colloquial), dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dumbbell  (colloquial), dumbo, dummy, dunce, fathead, fat-head, fool, half-wit, hammerhead  (American), idiot, imbecile, jackass  (colloquial;U.S.A.), loggerhead  (old), moron  (informal), nincompoop, nitwit, numskull, nut, oaf, peabrain  (colloquial), pinhead  (informal), retard, twerp  (informal), twirp  (informal), wally  (colloquial)

grand duc (n.)

eagle owl, eagle-owl

grand-duc (n.)

eagle owl, eagle-owl, grand duke

grand-duché (n.)

grand duchy

Grand Duché de Luxembourg (géographie)

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg  (géographie), Luxembourg  (géographie), Luxemburg  (géographie)

grand écart

the splits

grand écart (n.)

split

grand écart (n.) (danse)

split, splits  (sport)

grand échalas (n.)

beanpole  (informal), broomstick  (informal;American)

grand ensemble (n.)

housing estate

grand escogriffe (n.)

beanpole  (informal), broomstick  (informal;American)

grand félin (n.)

big cat, cat

grand fumeur (n.)

heavy smoker

Grand Guignol (n.)

Grand Guignol

grand huit (n.)

big dipper, chute-the-chute, rollercoaster, roller coaster, roller-coaster, switchback

Grand Island

Grand Island

Grand Lac des Esclaves (n.)

Great Slave Lake

Grand Lac Salé

Great Salt Lake

grand lit (n.)

double bed, queen bed, queen-size bed, queen-sized bed

grand livre (n.)

account book, book  (ellipsis), book of account, ledger, leger

Grand Londres

British capital, capital of the United Kingdom, Greater London, London

grand magasin (n.)

country store, department store, emporium, general store, hypermarket  (British), store, superstore, trading post

grand maître (n.)

grandmaster

grand-maman (n.)

gran  (colloquial;British), grandma, grandmother, grandparent, grannie, granny, maternal grandmother, nan, nanna, paternal grandmother

grand mât (n.)

mainmast

grand-mère (n.)

babka, gramps, gran  (colloquial;British), grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandma, grandmother, grandpa, grandparent, grannie, granny, maternal grandmother, nan, nanna, paternal grandmother

grand-messe (n.)

high mass, High Mass

grand monde (n.) (vieux)

beau monde, upper class, upper crust  (colloquial)

grand nettoyage de printemps (n.)

spring-clean  (British), spring cleaning  (American)

grand nombre (adj.)

many

grand nombre (n.)

great number, great numbers, multiplicity, numerosity, numerousness

grand œuvre (n.)

magnum opus

grand officier (n.)

Grand Officer

grand-oncle (n.)

granduncle, grand-uncle, great-uncle

grand opéra (n.)

grand opera

grand ouvert (adj.)

agape, gaping, wide open, yawning

grand-papa (n.)

gramps, grandad, grandaddy, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandmother, grandpa, grandpapa, pa

grand pectoral (n.)

greater pectoral muscle, musculus pectoralis major, pectoralis major, pectoralis major muscle

grand-père (n.)

gramps, grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa, grandparent

grand personnage (n.)

dignitary, high muckamuck, high-up, notable, panjandrum, prominent figure, very important person, VIP  (abbreviation)

grand porte-queue (n.) (zoologie)

swallowtail

grand prêtre (n.)

high priest

Grand prix (n.)

Grand Prix

grand prix (n.)

grand prix, Grand Prix

grand public (n.)

admass, general public, public at large

Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids

grand rassemblement (n.)

jamboree, mass meeting, rally

grand'rue (n.)

high street, main street

grand-rue (n.)

high street, main street

(grand) singe (n.)

ape

grand singe (n.)

great ape, pongid

grand-tante (n.)

grandaunt, grand-aunt, great-aunt

grand teint (adj.)

colorfast, colourfast  (British), fast, lightfast, sunfast

grand tétras (n.)

capercaillie, capercailzie, grouse, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus

grand titre (n.)

head, header, heading, main title, title

grand-voile (n.)

mainsail

grand voilier

tall ship

pas grand-chose

nothing much

Pierre le Grand

Czar Peter I, Peter I, Peter the Great

avoir une grande gueule (v.)

be loud-mouthed

grande aiguille (n.)

big hand, minute hand

grande baie australienne (n.)

Great Australian Bight

grande baleine bleue (n.)

blue whale

grande barbe (n.)

beaver, full beard

grande baume (n.)

genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum

grande bouffe (n.)

blowout, gala, gala affair, jamboree

Grande Bretagne (n.)

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

GB, U.K.  (géographie), UK, United Kingdom  (géographie), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Grande-Bretagne (n.)

Britain, Great Britain

grande casserole (n.)

stewing pan, stewpan

grande ciguë (n.)

Conium, genus Conium

grande circulation (n.)

systemic circulation

grande cuisine (n.)

haute cuisine

grande déesse (n.)

Anapurna, Annapurna, Parvati

grande-duchesse (n.)

grand duchess

grande école (n.)

college

grande entreprise (n.)

business house  (trade), establishment  (trade), large business, large firm

grande gueule (n.)

loudmouth

grande lyde champêtre (n.)

web-spinning pine-sawfly

grande marée

spring tide

Grande Muraille (n.)

Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China

Grande Ourse

Great Bear, Ursa Major

grande perche (n.) (familier)

beanpole  (informal), broomstick  (informal;American)

grande pompe (n.)

pageantry, pomp and circumstance

grande puissance (n.)

great power, Great Power  (history), high power, major power, power, superpower, world power

grande quantité indéfinie (n.)

large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity

grande roue (n.)

big wheel  (American), Ferris wheel

grande route (n.)

highroad  (spéc. anglais britannique), highway, trunk road

grande tasse (n.)

mug

grande tenue (n.)

formal dress, full dress, special dress

grande voie de communication (n.)

arterial road, state highway  (American), trunk road  (British)

la Grande Guerre

the Great War  (spéc. anglais britannique)

Rio Grande

Rio Bravo, Rio Grande

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