large

Syllable Decomposition

large

from Latin largus (abundant, copious, liberal, generous), which gives, in the masculine, the Old French larc, lars and large in the feminine. It has supplanted the old adjective lé (from Latin latus "wide") still attested in the sixteenth century, lé only subsisting as a noun.

Definitions

arts

Plural

larges

Translations

  • germangerman:umfangreich
  • englishenglish:voluminous
  • danishdanish:bred
  • spanishspanish:amplio
  • finnishfinnish:leveä
  • italianitalian:abbondante
  • dutchdutch:veelomvattend
  • polishpolish:szeroki
  • portugueseportuguese:extenso
  • russianrussian:широкий
  • swedishswedish:omfångsrik
  • turkishturkish:çömert

See also

élargir (v.) élargissement (cn.) largesse (cn.) largeur (cn.) latitude (cn.) latitudinaire (adj.) latitudinaire (cn.) rélargir (v.) larget (cn.) latitudinarisme (cn.) rélargissement (cn.)