Adjective: grand
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | grand |
| Singular f. | grande |
| Plural m. | grands |
| Plural f. | grandes |
Sample Sentences
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un garçon grand et maigre (a tall, skinny boy)
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Quand je serai grande, je veux être astronaute. (When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.)
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Il l'a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. (He did it all on his own like a big boy.)
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On en parlera quand tu seras un peu plus grand. (We'll talk about that when you're a little older.)
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un grand homme (a great man)
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une grande dame (a great lady)
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un grand écrivain (a great writer)
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un grand compositeur (a great composer)
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Alexandre le Grand (Alexander the Great)
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Pierre le Grand (Peter the Great)
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grande musique (great music (i.e. noble/fine music))
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grande littérature (great literature)
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C'est du grand art ! (This is great art!)
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un grand duc (a grand duke)
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un grand bal (a grand ball)
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un grand tricheur (a big fat/great big cheater)
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Grand Londres (Greater London)
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Grand Montréal (Greater Montreal)
Adjectives inflected like grand
indifférent,
cohérent,
aspérifolié,
serein,
seyant,
second,
babillard,
savant,
satané,
satiné,
saturé,
défraîchi,
spaghettifié,
saoudi,
salaud,
salant,
sciant,
schleu,
évanescent,
écartelé, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French grand, from Old French grant, from Latin grandem. See: Latin Adjectives '
grandis'.
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