# large
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Mostly displaced Middle English stoor, stour (“large, great”) (from Old English stōr) and muchel (“large, great”) (from Old English myċel).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /lɑːd͡ʒ/
* (General American) IPA: /lɑɹd͡ʒ/
* (Canada) IPA: /lɑɹd͡ʒ/, [läɹdʒ]
** (Ottawa Valley) IPA: /læɹd͡ʒ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ

### Adjective

large (comparative larger, superlative largest)
* Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
    Russia is a large country. The fruit-fly has large eyes for its body size. He has a large collection of stamps.
** 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC: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.
** 1917, Michigan Film Review, page 347:Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week
** 1946, Joseph Augustine Cushman, The larger fossil Foraminifera of the Panama Canal Zone:Test large, cylindrical, early portion closely coiled and always completely involute, later and larger portion uncoiled […]
* (especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).
* (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:We have yet large day.
** 1895, Margaret Naomi MacArthur, Kindergarten Review‎, Finger Play, page 75:He prefers teachers with large experience, but often has positions for beginners who have had a thorough preparation.
* (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
** 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XX, Chapter xj, leaf 408r-v:And where hit please yow to saye that I haue holden my lady youre Quene yeres and wynters / vnto that I shal euer make a large ansuer "And where it please you to say that I have holden my lady your queen years and winters, unto that I shall ever make a large answer"
** 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics:I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
* (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
** 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
* (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
** 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:Some large jests he will make.
* (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.

#### Synonyms

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* big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish
* See also Thesaurus:large

#### Antonyms

* small, tiny, minuscule

#### Derived terms

* as large as life
* binary large object
* bulk large
* by and large
* diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
* enlarge
* extra extra extra large
* extra extra large
* extra large
* extra-large
* give it large
* go large
* have it large
* Khitan large script
* large and in charge
* large-billed scrubwren
* Large Black
* large blue
* large bonito
* large bowel
* large breasts
* large cap
* large cardinal
* large charge
* large chequered skipper
* large cruiser
* large format
* large grizzled skipper
* large-group awareness training
* large group awareness training
* large-handed
* large-handedly
* large-handedness
* large-headed rice rat
* large-headed water snake
* large-hearted
* large-heartedly
* large-heartedness
* large heath
* large igneous province
* large intestine
* large it
* large it up
* large language model
* large leaf-eating ladybird
* large light cruiser
* largely
* large-minded
* largen
* largeness
* large offspring syndrome
* large quasar group
* larger than life
* large-scale
* large scale
* large scale integration
* large seal script
* large-sized
* large skipper
* largesome
* large-spotted civet
* large-tailed antshrike
* large-toothed aspen
* large tortoiseshell
* large twayblade
* large white
* largish
* law of large numbers
* live large
* loom large
* programming in the large
* to a large extent
* ultra large crude carrier
* ultra-large-scale
* ultra large scale integration
* very large crude carrier
* very-large-scale
* very-large-scale integration
* very large scale integration
* writ large

#### Translations

Adyghe: абрагъу (abrağʷu)
Afrikaans: groot (af)
Albanian: gjerë (sq)
Arabic: كَبِير (ar) (kabīr), وَاسِع (wāsiʕ)
Egyptian Arabic: كبير (kibīr)
Moroccan Arabic: كبير (kbīr)
South Levantine Arabic: كبير (kbīr)
Armenian: մեծ (hy) (mec), խոշոր (hy) (xošor)
Aromanian: mare
Asturian: grande (ast)
Azerbaijani: böyük (az), yekə (az), iri (az)
Bengali: বড় (bn) (boṛ)
Bulgarian: голя́м (bg) (goljám), е́дър (bg) (édǎr), висо́к (bg) (visók), обши́рен (bg) (obšíren), широ́к (bg) (širók)
Burmese: ကြီး (my) (kri:), ကြီးမား (my) (kri:ma:)
Catalan: llarg (ca)
Catawba: tro
Central Sierra Miwok: ˀýṭ·y·kyta-
Chamicuro: s̈hojta
Cherokee: ᎡᏆ (equa)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大 (yue) (daai$^6$)
Dungan: да (da)
Mandarin: 大 (zh) (dà), 大型 (zh) (dàxíng)
Choctaw: chito
Cornish: (unified) brâs
Czech: velký (cs)
Dalmatian: maur, grund, gruond
Dutch: groot (nl)
Egyptian: (ꜥꜣ), (wr)
Enets:
Forest Enets: ага (aga)
Tundra Enets: ага (aga)
Erzya: покш (pokš)
Esperanto: granda (eo)
Estonian: suur (et)
Evenki: со (so)
Faroese: stórur (fo), mikil
Finnish: suuri (fi), iso (fi)
French: grand (fr)
Friulian: grant, grand
Galician: grande (gl)
Georgian: (didi) დიდი (ka) (didi)
German: groß (de), weit (de)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils)
Greek: μεγάλος (el) (megálos)
Ancient: μέγας (mégas)
Greenlandic: angivoq
Hawaiian: nui
Hebrew: גדול (he) (gadol)
Hungarian: nagy (hu)
Icelandic: mikill (is) (number, quantity), stór (is)
Ido: granda (io)
Indonesian: besar (id)
Interlingua: grande
Irish: mór
Istriot: grando
Italian: grande (it), ampio (it), vasto (it)
Japanese: 大きい (ja) (おおきい, ōkii)
Kamassian: урго (urgo)
Koibal: урга (urga)
Kapampangan: karagul
Khiamniungan Naga: hàkǜtī, shōng
Khmer: ធំ (km) (tʰom)
Korean: 크다 (ko) (keuda)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گەورە (ckb) (gewre), زل (ckb) (zil)
Northern Kurdish: mezin (ku)
Ladino: grande
Lao: ກຶດ (kưt), ໃຫຍ່ (nyai)
Latgalian: lels
Latvian: liels (lv)
Lithuanian: didelis (lt)
Macedonian: голем (golem)
Malay: besar (ms)
Manchu: ᠠᠮᠪᠠ (amba)
Maori: nui (mi)
Marathi: मोठा (mr) m (moṭhā), मोठी f (moṭhī), मोठे n (moṭhe)
Mator: орго (orgo)
Miskito: tara
Mòcheno: groas
Navajo: tsoh
Nenets:
Forest Nenets: ӈаԓка (ŋałka)
Tundra Nenets: ӈарка (ŋarka)
Nganasan: аніˮә (aniʔə)
Norman: gros (Jersey)
Northern Ohlone: wét̄el
Norwegian: stor (no)
Ojibwe: gichi-
Old English: miċel
Oromo: guddaa (om)
Ottoman Turkish: قوجه (koca), ایری (iri), بزرك (büzürg)
Pashto: ستر (ps) (stër), لوی (loi)
Persian: بزرگ (fa) (bozorg), گنده (fa) (gonde)
Plautdietsch: groot (nds)
Polish: duży (pl)
Portuguese: grande (pt)
Rapa Nui: nui
Ratahan: lowen
Rohingya: boro
Romani: bāro
Romanian: mare (ro)
Russian: большо́й (ru) (bolʹšój), кру́пный (ru) (krúpnyj)
Sanskrit: मह (sa) (maha), महत् (sa) (mahat)
Santali: ᱰᱳᱵᱳ (ḍobo)
Scottish Gaelic: tomadach
Selkup:
Northern Selkup: вәрӄы (wərqy)
Southern Selkup: варӷ (warģ) (Narym), уарх (uarx) (Upper Ob)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: велик
Roman: velik (sh)
Slovak: veľký (sk)
Slovene: velik (sl)
Spanish: grande (es)
Swahili: -kubwa (sw)
Swedish: stor (sv)
Tahitian: rahi, nui
Tajik: бузург (tg) (buzurg)
Telugu: పెద్ద (te) (pedda), భారీ (te) (bhārī)
Thai: ใหญ่ (th) (yài)
Tibetan: ཆེན་པོ (chen po)
Tocharian B: orotstse, māka
Tswana: -golo
Turkish: geniş (tr)
Tày: cải
Udmurt: бадӟым (baddźym)
Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎁 (rb)
Ukrainian: вели́кий (uk) (velýkyj), чима́лий (čymályj), здоро́вий (zdoróvyj) (colloquial)
Urdu: بڑا (baṛā)
Venetan: gran, grando (vec)
Vietnamese: rộng (vi)
Võro: suur
Waray-Waray: da-ko
Welsh: braisg, mawr (cy)
West Frisian: grut (fy)
Woiwurrung: woort-to
Yiddish: גרויס (groys)
Zuni: łana :

### Noun

large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)
* (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
    Synonyms: maxima, octuple whole note
* (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
* (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
    Synonym: grand
    Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
** 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:"We'll call you anything we want," Dave said. "You owe us eighty-five large, Ace, and what we've got for collateral on that money so far is a shitload of Arm & Hammer baking soda worth about a buck-fifty. We'll call you Hubert J. Motherfucker if we want to."
** 2008 January 13, David Simon, “Unconfirmed Reports” (30:16 from the start), in The Wire, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Avon Barksdale:So send my sister a hundred large, and next time you come down to Jessup it won't be my grill talking at you. My word on that.
* (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured.
    Synonym: L
* (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
    One small coffee and two larges, please.
* (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.

#### Derived terms

* at large

### Adverb

large
* (nautical) Before the wind.

### Further reading

* “large”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “large”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

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

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French large, from Latin largus, larga, largum (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). The feminine is inherited, but for the masculine, Latin largum (the masculine and neuter accusative) developed into Old French larc, which was discarded.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laʁʒ/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Homophone: larges
* Hyphenation: large

### Adjective

large (plural larges)
* wide, broad
* large
* generous

#### Derived terms

* de long en large
* en long en large
* large d’esprit
* ratisser large

#### Related terms

* largesse

#### Descendants

* → Persian: لارژ (lârž)

### Noun

large m (plural larges)
* open sea
    Synonym: haute mer
* width
    Synonym: largeur

#### Derived terms

* au large
* au large de
* prendre le large

#### Descendants

* Antillean Creole: laj
* Haitian Creole: laj
* Karipúna Creole French: laj
* Louisiana Creole: laj, larj

### Further reading

* “large”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* Alger, grêla, régal, régla

## Latin
### Etymology 1
#### Adverb

largē (comparative largius, superlative largissimē)
* munificently, generously, liberally.
* abundantly, copiously.
* to a great extent.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

large
* 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

## Norman
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

large m or f
* (Jersey) wide

#### Derived terms

* large d'bord, large d'run (“broad in the beam”)
* largement (“widely”)

### Noun

large m (plural larges)
* (Jersey, nautical) open sea, deep sea
    Synonym: plieine mé

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* larc (Roman de Renard, "wide")

### Etymology

From Latin largus, larga.

### Adjective

large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)
* generous
* large; big
* wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)

#### Descendants

* Middle French: large
** French: large
*** → Persian: لارژ (lârž)
* Norman: large (Guernsey, Jersey)
* → Middle English: large
** English: large

### 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