large

See also: largë, larĝe, and Large

English

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Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#LARGE large, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#LARGE large, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#LARGE larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Along with big, it mostly displaced Middle English stoor and muchel (the latter surviving in much under a different meaning).

Pronunciation

Adjective

large (comparative larger, superlative largest)Category:English lemmas#LARGECategory:English adjectives#LARGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
    Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.Category:English terms with usage examples#LARGE
  2. (especially clothingCategory:en:Clothing#LARGE, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).
  3. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#LARGE) Abundant; ample.
  4. (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#LARGE) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
  5. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#LARGE) Free; unencumbered.
  6. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#LARGE) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
  8. (nauticalCategory:en:Nautical#LARGE) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Translations

Noun

large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)Category:English lemmas#LARGECategory:English nouns#LARGECategory:English uncountable nouns#LARGECategory:English countable nouns#LARGECategory:English countable nouns#LARGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. (musicCategory:en:Music#LARGE, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#LARGE) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
    Synonyms: maxima, octuple whole note
  2. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#LARGE) Liberality, generosity.
  3. (slangCategory:English slang#LARGE, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
    Synonym: grand
    Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.Category:English terms with usage examples#LARGE
  4. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#LARGE, especially clothingCategory:en:Clothing#LARGE, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
    Synonym: L
  5. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#LARGE, especially clothingCategory:en:Clothing#LARGE, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
    One small coffee and two larges, please.Category:English terms with usage examples#LARGE
  6. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#LARGE, especially with respect to clothingCategory:en:Clothing#LARGE) One who fits an item of that size.

Derived terms

Adverb

largeCategory:English lemmas#LARGECategory:English adverbs#LARGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. (nauticalCategory:en:Nautical#LARGE) Before the wind.

Further reading

Anagrams

Category:en:Size#LARGE

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#LARGECategory:French terms derived from Old French#LARGE large, from LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Latin#LARGECategory:French terms derived from Latin#LARGE largus, larga, largum (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). The feminine is inherited and even generalised for both genders, but for the old masculine, Latin largum (the masculine and neuter accusative) developed into Old French larc, which was discarded.

Pronunciation

Adjective

large (plural larges)Category:French lemmas#LARGECategory:French adjectives#LARGECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. wide, broad
  2. large
  3. generous

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

large m (plural larges)Category:French lemmas#LARGECategory:French nouns#LARGECategory:French countable nouns#LARGECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:French masculine nouns#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. open sea
    Synonym: haute mer
  2. width
    Synonym: largeur

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: laj
  • Haitian Creole: laj
  • Karipúna Creole French: laj
  • Louisiana Creole: laj, larj

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

largē (comparative largius, superlative largissimē)Category:Latin lemmas#LARGECategory:Latin adverbs#LARGECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. munificently, generously, liberally.
  2. abundantly, copiously.
  3. to a great extent.

Etymology 2

Adjective

largeCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#LARGECategory:Latin adjective forms#LARGECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. vocative masculine singular of largus

References

  • “large”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “large”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norman

Etymology

From Old FrenchCategory:Norman terms inherited from Old French#LARGECategory:Norman terms derived from Old French#LARGE large, from LatinCategory:Norman terms inherited from Latin#LARGECategory:Norman terms derived from Latin#LARGE largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).

Adjective

large m or fCategory:Norman lemmas#LARGECategory:Norman adjectives#LARGECategory:Norman entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. (JerseyCategory:Jersey Norman#LARGE) wide

Derived terms

Noun

large m (plural larges)Category:Norman lemmas#LARGECategory:Norman nouns#LARGECategory:Norman entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:Norman masculine nouns#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. (JerseyCategory:Jersey Norman#LARGE, nauticalCategory:nrf:Nautical#LARGE) open sea, deep sea
    Synonym: plieine mé

Old French

Alternative forms

  • larc (Roman de Renard, "wide")

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#LARGECategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#LARGE largus, larga.

Adjective

large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)Category:Old French lemmas#LARGECategory:Old French adjectives#LARGECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#LARGECategory:Pages with entries#LARGECategory:Pages with 5 entries#LARGE

  1. generous
  2. large; big
  3. wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)

Descendants

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