big

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of great size, large.
2. (informal) Of great size, large.
3. (figuratively, sometimes) 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, rare, 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. (capitalized, humorous, often, sometimes) 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. Someone or something that is large in stature.
2. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
3. (in-plural) The big leagues, big time.
4. An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
5. The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive) To inhabit; occupy.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, reflexive) To locate oneself.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive) To build; erect; fashion.
4. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To dwell; have a dwelling.

Noun

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

Concepts

grand

gros

grand

grande

large

important

grossir

grosse

vaste

fort

grands

puissant

épais

grandir

très

géant

généreux

grandement

grandiose

gravide

haut

impressionnant

long

lourd

magnanime

majeur

marquant

mûr

nombreux

orgueilleuse

orgueilleux

pierre

🪨

remarquable

rond

suffisamment

supérieur

vaniteux

etc.

devenir gros

être grand

fourneau

grandi

oranges

pastèques

spacieux

très grand

yeux lumineux

être large

grande poterie

bon

👍

Opposé de

little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute, young

Synonymes

large

great

huge

important

fat

thick

tall

grand

wide

enormous

strong

bulky

heavy

immense

major

much

high

loud

elder

bad

👎

broad

vast

gross

many

long

powerful

adult

🧑

stout

gravid

old

🧓

enceinte

expectant

massive

with child

serious

deep

significant

good

👍

intense

robust

grave

🪦

aged

roomy

giant

mob

generous

pregnant

rough

magnanimous

ample

Traductions

grande

groß

grande

groot

grande

gran

μεγάλος

büyük

magnus

grosso

grandis

gran

كبير

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɪɡ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à norvégien: bugge

Appartenant à bas-allemand: Bögge

Hérité de moyen anglais: biggen

Appartenant à vieux norrois: búa

Appartenant à ancien anglais: buan

Appartenant à danois: bygge

Appartenant à suédois: bygga

Hérité de moyen anglais: byge

Appartenant à ancien anglais: bēow

In summary

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

Oh , it’s not such a big deal right away .

Oh, ce n'est pas un gros problème tout de suite.

How big do elephants get ?

Quelle est la taille des éléphants?

He smoke a big pipe with strong contents .

Il fume une grosse pipe avec un contenu fort.

She creates an illustration for it in the Big Book of Boo Boos .

Elle en crée une illustration dans le grand livre de Boo Boos.