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great /ɡreɪt/
- noun the ~ (+ v pl) les grands mpl.
- adjective
- (large) (height, speed, majority, object, danger, improvement) grand (before n);
(number) grand (before n), important;
(increase) fort (before n), important;
- (as intensifier) (excitement, surprise, relief, success, tragedy) grand (before n);
(heat) fort (before n);
a ~ deal (of) beaucoup (de);
a ~ many people beaucoup de personnes, un grand nombre de personnes;
to have ~ difficulty doing avoir beaucoup de mal à faire;
in ~ detail dans les moindres détails;
the map was a ~ help la carte a été très utile;
you're a ~ help! iron tu m'aides vraiment beaucoup!;
- (remarkable) (person, name, painting, discovery) grand (before n);
- (familier)(excellent) (book, party, weather) génial (familier), formidable (familier);
(opportunity) formidable (familier);
to feel ~ se sentir en pleine forme;
you look ~! (healthy) tu as l'air en pleine forme!;
(attractive) tu es superbe!;
that dress looks ~ on you cette robe est géniale (familier) sur toi;
to have a ~ time bien s'amuser;
X is the ~est! X est génial (familier)!;
- (familier)(talented) génial (familier), formidable (familier);
to be ~ at être un as (familier) à (tennis, football);
to be ~ with être génial (familier) avec (children, animals);
to be ~ on être imbattable (familier) sur (history, architecture);
- (familier)(inveterate) (worrier, organizer) de première (familier);
(admirer, fan) grand (before n).
- (large) (height, speed, majority, object, danger, improvement) grand (before n);
- (familier)adverb I'm doing ~ ça marche très bien pour moi (familier).
IDIOMS:
to cross the ~ divide faire le grand saut.
great : great aunt ~ aunt noun grand-tante f;
Great Barrier Reef proper nounGrande Barrière f de Corail;
great big ~ big adjective (très) grand (before n), énorme
Great Barrier Reef proper nounGrande Barrière f de Corail;
great big ~ big adjective (très) grand (before n), énorme
great : Great Dane noundanois m;
Greater London proper noun l'agglomération f londonienne;
great grandchild ~ grandchild noun (girl) arrière-petite-fille f;
(garçon) arrière-petit-fils m;
great granddaughter ~ granddaughter noun arrière-petite-fille f;
great grandfather ~ grandfather noun arrière-grand-père m;
great grandmother ~ grandmother noun arrière-grand-mère f;
great grandson ~ grandson noun arrière-petit-fils m;
great-great grandchild ~-great grandchild noun (girl) arrière-arrière-petite-fille f;
(boy) arrière-arrière-petit-fils m;
Great Lakes ➡ lakes nplGrands Lacs mpl.
Greater London proper noun l'agglomération f londonienne;
great grandchild ~ grandchild noun (girl) arrière-petite-fille f;
(garçon) arrière-petit-fils m;
great granddaughter ~ granddaughter noun arrière-petite-fille f;
great grandfather ~ grandfather noun arrière-grand-père m;
great grandmother ~ grandmother noun arrière-grand-mère f;
great grandson ~ grandson noun arrière-petit-fils m;
great-great grandchild ~-great grandchild noun (girl) arrière-arrière-petite-fille f;
(boy) arrière-arrière-petit-fils m;
Great Lakes ➡ lakes nplGrands Lacs mpl.
great : great niece ~ niece noun petite-nièce f;
Great Power noun Pol grande puissance f;
great uncle ~ uncle noun grand-oncle m;
Great War proper noun Hist Grande Guerre f.
Great Power noun Pol grande puissance f;
great uncle ~ uncle noun grand-oncle m;
Great War proper noun Hist Grande Guerre f.
'great' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
ace
- antiquity
- anxiety
- auk
- boon
- Britain
- capacity
- care
- clout
- comfort
- cool
- cost
- craic
- deal
- delicacy
- detriment
- draw
- excitement
- expense
- extent
- far
- favourite
- feeling
- figure
- for
- force
- fun
- GB
- go
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- great nephew
- Gt
- gun
- healer
- height
- help
- high
- import
- importance
- inconvenience
- jackpot
- length
- lift
- lot
- many
French:
accomplir
- âge
- amateur
- âme
- amuser
- appliquer
- apporter
- arrière-grand-mère
- arrière-grand-oncle
- arrière-grand-père
- arrière-grands-parents
- arrière-grand-tante
- arrière-neveu
- arrière-nièce
- arrière-petite-fille
- arrière-petite-nièce
- arrière-petit-fils
- arrière-petit-neveu
- arrière-petits-enfants
- avec
- beau
- beaucoup
- beauté
- bien
- bisaïeul
- bœuf
- bonheur
- bouger
- capacité
- capote
- carton
- chèrement
- chouette
- commerçant
- courir
- crise
- culture
- dadais
- dam
- danger
- danois
- délivrer
- demandé
- discours
- distinction
- dommage
- doter
- douleur
- échiner
- éclat
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| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| great | interj | (very good!) familier | super, génial interj |
| formidable interj | |||
| You got the job? Great! | |||
| Tu as eu le poste ? Super ! (or: Génial !) | |||
| Tu as eu le poste ? Formidable ! | |||
| great | adj | (very admirable) | épatant, remarquable adj |
| sensationnel adj | |||
| That was a great speech you gave. | |||
| Tu as fait un discours épatant (or: remarquable). | |||
| Ton discours était sensationnel ! | |||
| great | adj | (expert) | doué adj |
| familier | incollable adj | ||
| excellent adj | |||
| grand adj | |||
| She's great at crosswords. | |||
| Elle est douée pour les mots croisés. | |||
| * Elle est incollable en opéra. | |||
| * C'est une excellente cuisinière. | |||
| * C'est un grand romantique. | |||
| great | adv | informal (very well) | très bien adv |
| familier | super bien adv | ||
| génial adj | |||
| You did great. | |||
| Tu t'en es très bien tiré. | |||
| C'était super bien. | |||
| * C'était génial. Nous nous sommes beaucoup amusés. | |||
| great | adj | (unusual in degree) | grand adj |
| The party was a great success. | |||
| La soirée fut une grande réussite. | |||
| great | adj | (important) | grand adj |
| Beethoven's Ninth is one of the great pieces of music of its era. | |||
| La Neuvième Symphonie de Beethoven est l'un des plus grands morceaux de l'époque. | |||
| great | adj | (eminent) | grand adj |
| éminent adj | |||
| Churchill was one of Britain's great leaders. | |||
| Churchill est l'un des plus grands leaders de l'histoire de l'Angleterre. | |||
| * C'était l'un des plus éminents biologistes de son temps. | |||
| great | adj | (principal, chief) | grand adj |
| The ball will be held in the Great Hall. | |||
| Le bal se tiendra dans la Grande Salle. | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| great | adj | (very large) | grand adj |
| The great fire of London occurred in 1666. | |||
| Le grand feu de Londres se produisit en 1666. | |||
| great | adj | (numerous) | grand adj |
| nombreux adj | |||
| There was a great crowd outside the door. | |||
| Il y avait une grande foule devant la porte. | |||
| Il y avait une foule nombreuse devant la porte. | |||
| great | adj | (unusual in power) | terrible adj |
| Her death was a great blow to him. | |||
| Sa mort fut un coup terrible pour lui. | |||
| great | adj | (unusual in intensity) | grand adj |
| beaucoup adv | |||
| He had a great love for the Scottish Highlands. | |||
| Il avait une grande affection pour les Plaines d'Écosse. | |||
| * Il avait beaucoup d'admiration pour lui. | |||
| great | adj | (lofty) | grand adj |
| He's full of great thoughts. | |||
| Il a toujours de grandes idées. | |||
| great | adj | (reputation) | grand adj |
| He came from a great family. | |||
| Il venait d'une grande famille. | |||
| great | adj | (of long duration) | traduction non disponible |
| The meeting lasted a great while. | |||
| great | n | (important person) | grand nom nm |
| He's one of history's greats. | |||
| Il fait partie des grands noms de l'histoire. | |||
| great | npl | (important persons) | grands de ce monde nmpl |
| figuré | gratin nm | ||
| He thinks he's friends with the great and the good. | |||
| Il pense qu'il fait partie des grands de ce monde. | |||
| Il pense qu'il fait partie du gratin. | |||
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| a great awkward lump of a man | grand dadais nm | ||
| a great charm | un charme fou nm | ||
| a great deal | n | (a lot, much) | beaucoup adv |
| It will take a great deal of effort on everyone's part to meet this goal. | |||
| Il va falloir beaucoup de patience si l'on veut y arriver. Cela m'inquiète beaucoup. | |||
| a great deal | n | (many) | de nombreux loc adv |
| Je dois chaque jour résoudre de nombreux problèmes. | |||
| beaucoup adv | |||
| Je dois chaque jour résoudre beaucoup de problèmes. | |||
| a great deal of effort | n | (a lot of effort, much effort) | mettre (beaucoup) du sien loc v |
| I put a great deal of effort into this project, and I was really offended when management ignored it. | |||
| Il a mis beaucoup du sien dans le projet, et a été d'autant plus déçu de le voir capoter. | |||
| a great time | n | informal (fun, enjoyment) | bien s'amuser⇒ v pron |
| Thanks so much for inviting me; I had a great time! | |||
| Les enfants se sont bien amusés à l'anniversaire du petit Paul. | |||
| all-great | d'étoiles adj | ||
| all-time great | plus grand | ||
| at a great rate | à un bon tarif | ||
| at great cost | adv | literal (at great financial expense) | à grands frais |
| L'opéra a fait venir à grands frais une cantatrice célèbre . | |||
| at great cost | adv | figurative (involving great sacrifice or loss) | au prix de grands sacrifices adv |
| at great expense | adv | (at great financial cost) | au prix d'un grand effort financier adv |
| My parents paid my way through four years of college at great expense. | |||
| à grands frais adv | |||
| by a great deal | adv | (by a large amount or extent) | largement adv |
| The Indian Ocean is smaller than the Pacific Ocean by a great deal. | |||
| L'Océan Indien est largement plus petit que l'Océan Pacifique. | |||
| do great harm | vi | (hurt sb greatly) | faire très mal vi |
| Smoking can do great harm to your body. | |||
| Robert m'a fait très mal quand il m'a marché sur le pied. | |||
| être extrêmement nocif v | |||
| Fumer est extrêmement nocif pour la santé. | |||
| être très dommageable v | |||
| nuire sérieusement, sévèrement vi | |||
| Fumer nuit sérieusement à la santé. | |||
| do great harm | vi | (cause serious trouble or damage) | ravager⇒ vtr |
| The hurricane did great harm to the coastline. | |||
| L'ouragan a ravagé la côte. | |||
| beaucoup endommager⇒ vtr | |||
| L'ouragan a beaucoup endommagé la côté. | |||
| great ! | chic ! excl | ||
| great abundance | n | (plentiful amount) | grande abondance nf |
| There was food in great abundance. | |||
| There always seem to be fools in great abundance. | |||
| Je me suis ouvert le pouce hier et le sang a coulé en grande abondance. | |||
| (couler) | à flots adv | ||
| Dans cette ville, l'argent coule à flots. | |||
| great age | n | (advanced age, old age) | grand âge nm |
| Turtles can live to a great age. | |||
| Malgré son grand âge, il fait toujours du sport. | |||
| great ape | n | (large ape: gorilla, etc.) | grand singe nm |
| The power and the majesty of the Silverback make it clear why it is considered to be the greatest of the great apes. | |||
| Les grands singes sont les primates qui nous ressemblent le plus. | |||
| great aunt | n | (sister of one's grandparent) | grand-tante nf |
| My great aunt is 88 years old. | |||
| Ma grand-tante a 88 ans. | |||
| great beauty | n | (immense physical attractiveness) | formidable beauté nf |
| The people admired the great beauty of the statue. | |||
| Tout le monde admirait la formidable beauté de l'œuvre. | |||
| great beauty | n | (very beautiful woman) | vraie beauté nf |
| His wife was a great beauty. | |||
| Alice est une vraie beauté mais, hélas, elle est souvent mal fagotée. | |||
| great bell | de cathédrale | bourdon nm | |
| great big | énorme adj | ||
| great big | immense adj | ||
| great black-backed gull | (Zoology) Zoologie | goéland marin nm | |
| great blue heron | grand héron bleu | ||
| great cause | n | (sb or sth deserving of charity) | grande cause nf |
| great circle | grand cercle | ||
| great cost | grand prix | ||
| great council | conseil supérieur | ||
| great crested grebe | (Zoology) Zoologie | grèbe huppé nm | |
| great deal | n | (large amount) | beaucoup adv |
| Her presidential campaign had a great deal of success at the local level. | |||
| I have a great deal to accomplish before the end of the semester. | |||
| Sa campagne présidentielle a eu beaucoup de succès au niveau local. | |||
| great distance | n | (long way) | grande distance nf |
| Radio waves are capable of travelling a great distance. | |||
| Son émetteur porte sur une très grande distance. | |||
| great effort | n | (hard work, exertion) | gros effort nm |
| It was a great effort for her to walk up the hill. | |||
| Ce fut un gros effort de grimper cette colline. | |||
| great effort | n | (sincere attempt) | de son mieux adv |
| They made a great effort to move the heavy rock, but did not succeed. | |||
| Ils firent de leur mieux pour déplacer le lourd rocher, mais sans succès. | |||
| great egret | n | (large heron) | grande aigrette nf |
| The Great Egret, the largest all-white American heron, is very common in Florida. | |||
| great friend | n | (sb loved and trusted) | très bon ami nm |
| He was a great friend of mine and I will sorely miss him. | |||
| Lucie était une très bonne amie et elle va me manquer. | |||
| grand ami nm | |||
| great fun | adj | informal (very enjoyable or amusing) | très drôle, très amusant adj |
| The joke we played on Terry was great fun. | |||
| La soirée de samedi était très amusante. | |||
| great gear | belles fringues | ||
| great grandfather | n | (father of one's grandparent) | arrière-grand-père nm |
| My great-grandfather fought in the First World War. | |||
| great grandma, great-grandma | n | (mother of one's grandparent) | arrière-grand-mère nf |
| Elle a le même caractère et le même prénom que son arrière-grand-mère. | |||
| great grandmother | n | (mother of one's grandparent) | arrière-grand-mère nf |
| Cars hadn't even been invented when my great grandmother was a young girl. | |||
| great grandparents, great-grandparents | npl | (mother and father of one's grandparent) | arrière-grands-parents nmpl |
| Each of us has eight great-grandparents. | |||
| Chacun d'entre nous a huit arrière-grands-parents. | |||
| great grandson | arrière-petit-fils n | ||
| great gray owl | US (Zoology) Zoologie | chouette lapone nf | |
| great gun | grand fusil | ||
| great guns | grands fusils | ||
| great horned owl | (Zoology) Zoologie | grand-duc d'Amérique nm | |
| great horned owl | Z | ||
| great job | n | informal (success) fam | très bon boulot nm |
| You did a great job on your math test. | |||
| Tu as fait du très bon boulot à ton test de math. | |||
| excellent travail nm | |||
| great lady | n | (woman who is prominent or influential) | grande dame nf |
| The president's wife is a great lady. | |||
| Cette actrice est assez humble mais tout le monde dit d'elle que c'est une grande dame. | |||
| great man | n | (man who is prominent or influential) | grand homme nm |
| Napoleon was a great man, although not in terms of stature. | |||
| La tradition romantique a fait de Napoléon l'archétype du grand homme. | |||
| great minds think alike | expr | (humorous: when sb else has same idea) | les grands esprits se rencontrent expr |
| Nous avons eu la même idée au même moment. Comme quoi, les grands esprits se rencontrent. | |||
| great one for | n | informal (sb who tends to do sth frequently) | être très fort v |
| He's a great one for telling stories. | |||
| Il est très fort pour raconter des histoires. | |||
| great organ | (Music) Musique | grand orgue nm | |
| great pace | vive allure nf | ||
| great point | point important | ||
| great point | remarque importante nf | ||
| great power | n | (authority and influence) | grande influence nf |
| The Church had great power over the population in the past. | |||
| grand pouvoir nm | |||
| pouvoir étendu nm | |||
| L’Église jouissait d'un pouvoir étendu. | |||
| great power | npl | (politics: leading states) | grande puissance nf |
| Brazil is a great power in Latin America. | |||
| great price | n | (value for money, cheap cost) | bon prix nm |
| That's a great price for a machine with those features. | |||
| Tu peux avoir un ordinateur à bon prix dans ce magasin. | |||
| great primer | livre nm | ||
| great primer | apprentissage de la lecture | premier livre nm | |
| great respect | grand respect nm | ||
| great respect for | n | (esteem, high regard for) | profond respect pour nm |
| I have great respect for people who help others. | |||
| J'ai un profond respect pour la médecine et les représentants du corps médical. | |||
| great satisfaction | n | (strong feeling of gratification) | grande satisfaction nf |
| Finishing a book written in a foreign language gives me great satisfaction. | |||
| great scale | n | (large dimensions) | grande échelle nf |
| Il a reproduit ce bâtiment sur une maquette à grande échelle. | |||
| great scale, on a | adv | (far reaching, extensively ) | à grande échelle loc adv |
| Operations are being conducted on a great scale in order to track down the flight recorder in the aftermath of last week's plane crash. | |||
| great scope | (breadth) | largeur nf | |
| great scope | grande envergure | ||
| great seal | grand sceau | ||
| great spotted woodpecker | épeiche nf | ||
| great spotted woodpecker | pic épeiche nm | ||
| great success | n | (sth or sb very successful or popular) | vif, grand, beau succès nm |
| The trade show was a great success, attracting a large number of visitors. | |||
| Son dernier roman a connu un grand succès. | |||
| belle réussite nf | |||
| great tit | (bird) | mésange charbonnière | |
| great tit | mésange | charbonnière nf | |
| great toe | gros orteil | ||
| great tower | donjon nm | ||
| great value | grande valeur | ||
| great white shark | grand requin blanc | ||
| great wind | grand vent | ||
| great work | n | (job very well done) | excellent travail nm |
| Her boss congratulated her on her great work. | |||
| Tu as fait de l'excellent travail, bravo ! | |||
| great year | année exceptionnelle | ||
| great-aunt | n | (sister of one's grandparent) | grand-tante nf |
| My great-aunt lives with her sister, who is also my great-aunt. | |||
| great-children | leurs petits-enfants | ||
| great-children | petits-enfants nmpl | ||
| great-circle | grand cercle | ||
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "great".
...because she has a great singing voice...
'Enjoy', 'Had a great time"...
'to give a great deal'
" great swathes of land "
"great-grandfather" familiar/endearing
"Have a great rest of the year?"
"have a great time in..."
"takes great pride in all work"
"the great sweep of men"
a great and guiding principle ???
a great big kiss
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a great bull of a man
A great conversation piece!
a great cook
a great corporate club
A great deal of
a great deal of scope
A great deal was said about
a great disc of stone
A great fear
a great hour
a great jobs switch
a great love of painting
a great many
a great nation
a great ongoing solution
a great opportunity
A great rise in the population
a great skittering
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'Enjoy', 'Had a great time"...
'to give a great deal'
" great swathes of land "
"great-grandfather" familiar/endearing
"Have a great rest of the year?"
"have a great time in..."
"takes great pride in all work"
"the great sweep of men"
a great and guiding principle ???
a great big kiss
a great blade of a nose
a great bull of a man
A great conversation piece!
a great cook
a great corporate club
A great deal of
a great deal of scope
A great deal was said about
a great disc of stone
A great fear
a great hour
a great jobs switch
a great love of painting
a great many
a great nation
a great ongoing solution
a great opportunity
A great rise in the population
a great skittering
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