大 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.
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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
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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)
全 Entier: Whole
半 Moitié: Half
多 Multi: Many
独 Seul: Alone
少 Peu: Little
低 Bas: Low
底 Fond: Bottom
高 Haut: High
右 Droite: Right
大 Grand: Big
小 Petit: Small
短 Bref: Short
窄 Étroit: Narrow
宽 Large: Wide
初 Début: Start
始 Commencer: to Begin
完 Finir: to End
界 Terme: Boundary
增 Croître: to Grow
© Renaud Bouret