Grand   Big  

grand (big, tall): grand, Grant ('great')
grandiose (magnificent): grandiose
grandeur (greatness, tallness): grandeur
agrandir (to make bigger): to aggrandize, aggrandizement (agrandissement)
grandiloquent ('big talking', pompous in speech): grandiloquent  Parler: to Talk
grand-papa ('big dad'): grandpa
grand merci ('big thanks'): gramercy
Grand Teton (Wyoming) means 'big breast'. French trappers gave it this name because of the mountains' shape.

magnitude ('greatness'): magnitude, magnate ('great [man]'): magnat)
magnifier ('to make large'): to magnify (magnifier, amplifier), magnificent (magnifique), magnificence (magnificence), magnificat ('[my soul] magnifies [the Lord]', magnificat), magnification (glorification)
magnanimité ('greatness of soul'): magnanimity, magnanimous (magnanime)  magnanimous
majeur (greater): major, majority (majorité)
maire (greater): mayor
majesté (highness): majesty, majestic (majestueux)
magistrat ('more greater'): magistrate, magistracy (magistrature), magistrature (magistrature), magisterial (magistral)  minister
maître ('more greater'): master, mistress (maîtresse)
maximum (greatest): maximum, maximal (maximal), to maximize (maximiser)
maxime ('[sentence of] greatest importance'): maxim

gros (big, fat): gross (gros, grossier)
engrosser ('to enlarge'): to engross (grossoyer, accaparer)
Grosse Pointe (Michigan) means 'big headland'.

Es grande (big, tall)
It grande (big, tall), grandioso (grandiose), maestoso (majestic)


Entier: Whole
Moitié: Half
Multi: Many
Seul: Alone
Peu: Little
Bas: Low
Fond: Bottom
Haut: High
Droite: Right
Grand: Big
Petit: Small
Bref: Short
Étroit: Narrow
Large: Wide
Début: Start
Commencer: to Begin
Finir: to End
Terme: Boundary
Croître: to Grow


© Renaud Bouret