noun🔗ShareUne personnalité, un grand hommeA person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim."Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science."Newton et Einstein sont deux des grands hommes de l'histoire des sciences.personachievementhistoryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGrand-orgueThe main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division."The organist played a powerful piece on the great, filling the church with sound. "L'organiste a joué une pièce puissante sur le Grand-orgue, remplissant l'église de son.organmusicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareArrière-(in combinations such as "two-greats", "three-greats" etc.) An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships."My three-greats grandmother."Mon arrière-arrière-grand-mère.familyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareGrand, énormeRelatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big."A great storm is approaching our shores."Une grande tempête approche de nos côtes.amountnumberdegreequalityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareGrand, importantOf larger size or more importance than others of its kind."the great auk"Le grand pingouinqualityamountvalueessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareArrière-(qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]"great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather"Arrière-grand-père, arrière-arrière-grand-père, arrière-arrière-arrière-grand-pèrefamilylanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEnceinte(followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of."great with child"Enceinte.familymedicinebodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIntime(except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar."My grandfather has a great deal of knowledge about the family history. "Mon grand-père a une grande connaissance de l'histoire familiale.humanpersoncharacterfamilyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareGrand, énormeExtreme or more than usual."great worry"Une grande inquiétudequalityamountessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Shareimportant, significatifOf significant importance or consequence; important."a great decision"Une décision importante.valuequalityachievementessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareGrand, excellent, noble(applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent."a great deed"Un grand acte.charactermoralachievementvaluequalityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Shareimpressionnant, formidableImpressive or striking."a great show of wealth"Une grande démonstration de richesse.qualityachievementessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePopulaire, en vogueMuch in use; favoured."Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era."La poésie était une convention populaire de l'époque romantique.qualityvalueessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareGrand, excellent, extraordinaire(applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble."a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc."Un grand héros, savant, génie, philosophe, écrivain, etc.personcharacterabilityachievementqualityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareGrand, importantTitle referring to an important leader."Alexander the Great"Alexandre le GrandtitleroyalgovernmentpoliticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareGénial, formidableDoing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic."The students showed a great enthusiasm for the school play. "Les élèves ont montré un grand enthousiasme pour la pièce de théâtre de l'école.qualityachievementcharacteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareDoué, habile(often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit."You are great at singing."Vous êtes doué pour le chant.abilitycharacteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareExcellent, merveilleux, fantastiqueVery good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848)."Dinner was great."Le dîner était excellent.qualityvalueachievementessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareGénial, superIntensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths."Great Scott!"Génial, Scott !languagewordessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverb🔗ShareTrès bienVery well (in a very satisfactory manner)."The teacher explained the math problem very clearly, and the students understood it great. "Le professeur a expliqué le problème de maths très clairement, et les élèves l'ont très bien compris.qualityachievementessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection🔗ShareSuper, génialExpression of gladness and content about something."Great! Thanks for the wonderful work."Super ! Merci pour ce travail formidable.emotionexclamationattitudeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection🔗ShareGénial, superSarcastic inversion thereof."Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order."Oh, génial ! Je viens de renverser les 500 feuilles du manuscrit et maintenant je dois les remettre en ordre.languagecommunicationwordattitudeexclamationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading