large

Etymology

From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). Mostly displaced Middle English stoor, stour (“large, great”) (from Old English stōr) and muchel (“large, great”) (from Old English myċel).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːd͡ʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ

Adjective

large (comparative larger, superlative largest)

1. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:

     We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.

   Russia is a large country.   The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size.   He has a large collection of stamps.

2. (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
   • Milton

     We have yet large day.

3. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
   • Felton

     I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.

4. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
   • Fairfax

     Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.

5. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
   • Shakespeare

     Some large jests he will make.

6. (nautical) 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.

Noun

large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)

1. (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
2. (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
3. (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.

   Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.

4. A large serving of something.

   One small coffee and two larges, please.

Further reading

• large in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• large in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Agler, Alger, Elgar, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, regal

Etymology

From Old French large, from Latin largus, larga, largum (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʁʒ/
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• Homophone: larges
• Hyphenation: large

Adjective

large (plural larges)

1. wide, broad
2. large
3. generous

Noun

large m (plural larges)

1. open sea
2. width

Anagrams

• Alger, grêla, régal, régla

Further reading

• “large” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adverb

largē (comparative largius, superlative largissimē)

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

Adjective

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

Etymology

From Old French large, from Latin largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).

Adjective

large m, f

1. (Jersey) wide

Noun

large m (plural larges)

1. (Jersey, nautical) open sea, deep sea

   Synonym: plieine mé

Alternative forms

• larc (Roman de Renard, "wide")

Etymology

From Latin largus, larga.

Adjective

large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)

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

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (large, supplement)
• large on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub