big

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of great size, large.
2. (informal) Of great size, large.
3. Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
4. (informal) Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
5. (informal) Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
6. (informal) Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
7. (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
8. (informal,slang) Adult; (of a child) older.
9. (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
10. (informal) Important or significant.
11. Popular.
12. Populous.
13. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
14. Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
15. (informal) Enthusiastic (about).

Adv

1. In a loud manner.
2. In a boasting manner.
3. In a large amount or to a large extent.
4. (informal) In a large amount or to a large extent.
5. On a large scale, expansively.
6. (colloquial) Hard; with great force.

Noun

1. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
2. The big leagues, big time.
3. An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
4. The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.

Verb

1. To inhabit; occupy.
2. To locate oneself.
3. To build; erect; fashion.
4. To dwell; have a dwelling.

Noun

One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.

Concepts

grand

gros

grande

large

important

grosse

grossir

fort

très

grandir

grands

vaste

épais

puissant

marquant

remarquable

beaucoup

suffisamment

yeux lumineux

très grand

fourneau

foyer

grande poterie

être large

grandi

etc.

oranges

pastèques

rond

grandiose

impressionnant

devenir gros

corpulent

bubale

costaud

bâton

haut

long

bon

géant

caillou

pierre

enceinte

gravide

beau

généreux

magnanime

supérieur

nombreux

adulte

majeur

mûr

fanfaron

orgueilleuse

orgueilleux

vaniteux

lourd

être grand

grande dimension

ample

spacieux

étendu

énorme

grandement

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɪɡ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Northern Middle English big, bigge (“powerful, strong”), possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”), in which case big would be related to bogey, bugbear, and bug.
Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”), Low German Bögge, Boggelmann.

Phrases

How big do elephants get ?

Quelle est la taille des éléphants?