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large [lα:dʒ]1. adjective• the large size (of packet, tube) le grand modèle• larger than life [character] plus vrai que nature2. noun► at large ( = at liberty) en liberté ; (US) [candidate, congressman] non rattaché à une circonscription électorale• the country/population at large ( = as a whole) le pays/la population dans son ensemble3. adverb4. compounds► large-scale adjective [map, production, attack, operation] à grande échelle ; [unrest] général ; [reforms] de grande ampleur* * *[lɑːdʒ] 1.1) ( big) [area, car, feet, house] grand (before n); [appetite, piece, nose] gros/grosse (before n)2) ( substantial) [amount] important, gros/grosse (before n); [part] gros/grosse (before n); [number, quantity] grand (before n); [population] fort (before n), important; [crowd, family] nombreux/-euse (after n)3) ( fat) [person] gros/grosse (before n)2.at large adjectival phrase1) ( free) [prisoner] en liberté2) ( in general) [society, population] en général, dans son ensemble•• -
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A adj1 ( big) [area, car, city, feet, house] grand (before n) ; [appetite, piece, fruit, hand, nose, eye] gros/grosse ; to take a large size prendre une grande taille ; to grow ou get large grandir ;2 ( substantial) [amount, fortune, sum] important, gros/grosse (before n) ; [part] gros/grosse (before n) ; [number, quantity] grand (before n) ; [population, percentage] fort (before n), important ; [crowd, family] nombreux/-euse (after n) ; [proportion] gros/grosse, fort (before n) ; to be out in large numbers [people] être nombreux/-euses ;4 ( extensive) [selection, range, choice] grand (before n) ; in large measure, to a large extent en grande partie ; on a large scale [plan, demolish, reorganize] sur une grande échelle ; [emigrate, desert] en grand nombre.1 ( free) [prisoner, killer] en liberté ;2 ( in general) [society, population] en général, dans son ensemble ; in the country at large dans l'ensemble du pays ; the public at large le grand public.by and large de façon générale, en général ; larger than life [character, personality] exubérant ; he turned up two days later as large as life il a réapparu deux jours plus tard bien vivant. -
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large [lɑ:dʒ]∎ a large coat un grand manteau;∎ on a large scale à grande échelle;∎ to a large extent dans une large mesure;∎ he lives in a large house il habite une grande maison;∎ she's a large woman c'est une femme plutôt grosse ou forte(b) (in number, amount) grand, important;∎ a large proportion une grande proportion, une part importante;∎ she wrote him a large cheque elle lui a fait un chèque pour une somme importante ou une grosse somme;∎ a large helping of potatoes/apple pie une grosse portion de pommes de terre/part de tarte aux pommes;∎ a large number of beaucoup de;∎ there are a large number of entrants this year il y a beaucoup de participants ou candidats cette année, les participants ou candidats sont nombreux cette année;∎ to grow or get larger (town, deficit) s'agrandir; (person, amount) grossir;∎ he was standing there as large as life il était là, en chair et en os;∎ larger than life exagéré, outrancier(c) (extensive, significant → changes) considérable, important;∎ a large part of my time/job/day une grande partie de mon temps/mon travail/ma journée2 adverb(a) to loom large menacer, sembler imminent;∎ to be writ large être évident∎ Arsenal got thrashed large Arsenal s'est fait ratatiner ou s'est fait battre à plates coutures;∎ we got ratted large last night on s'est pris une cuite maison hier soir3 noun∎ (size) I take a large je prends une grande taille;∎ this T-shirt's a large ce tee-shirt est une grande taille4 at large(at liberty) en liberté; (prisoner) en fuite;∎ the rapist is at large somewhere in the city le violeur se promène en (toute) liberté quelque part dans cette ville;∎ he was acting as the UN's ambassador at large il a été ambassadeur itinérant des Nations unies2 adverb(a) (as a whole) dans son ensemble;∎ the country at large le pays dans son ensemble;∎ people at large le grand public, la grande masse du public;∎ teachers at large la masse des professeurs(b) (in detail) tout au long, en détail;∎ to talk at large parler au hasardde manière générale, dans l'ensemble;∎ by and large they vote Conservative ils votent conservateur pour la plupartAmerican en profondeur►► Finance large denominations grosses coupures fpl;Anatomy the large intestine le gros intestin;Entomology large white piéride f (du chou) -
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huêyiya > huêyix.*\HUEYIYA v.inanimé ou v.i., devenir grand, grandir.Est dit du tronc de l'arbre. Sah 11,113." zan iuh nênti huêyiya ", elle ne grandit que progressivement - only gradually it quickened. Sah2,157." huel tomâhua, huel hueyiya ", il engraisse bien, il grandit bien - mucho engorda, mueho crece.Cod Flor XI 193v = ECN11,98 = Acad Hist MS 227v." ic tomâhua, ic huêiya, ic monacayôtia, ic motoma ", à cause d'elles il devient gros, il grandit il grossit, il s'épanouit - por ello engorda, por ello crece, por ello echa carnes, por ello se desata (creciendo) - in order to expand, to become big, fleshy, to grow big.En consommant des graines ou de la sève de l'arbre teopochotl.Cod Flor XI 199r = ECN11,96 = Acad Hist MS 227v = Sah11,215." ca huêyiya, ca huehcapanihui in cuahuitl, in tetl, in temoxtli, in ehêcatl ", car grandit, car augmente le châtiment, l'épidémie. Sah6,2." in îpan huêyiya in îpan huehcapanihui in petlatl in icpalli ", en ce temps là l'autorité grandit, en ce temps là elle s'étend - in whose time the realm prospered, grew in dignity. Sah6,64." tlanâhuatih in oc cencah huêyiyaz yâôyôtl ", il a ordonné que la guerre s'intensifie davantage.W.Lehmann 1938,155 (hueyaz)." huêyixtiuh ", elle va en grandissant - he went growing larger. Est dit de la lune. Sah7,3.*\HUEYIYA v.i., s'élever en honneur, en dignité.*\HUEYIYA avec le préfixe tla-., être, devenir grand." tlahuêyiya ", il est grand.Est dit d'un chemin, ochpantli. Sah 11,266.du sommet de la montagne. Sah11,281- it becomes spacious. -
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noun (a small part of a larger piece of public ground rented to a person to grow vegetables etc.) parcelle
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