large
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒ
Adjective[edit]
large (comparative larger, superlative largest)
- 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.
- (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 5”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- We have yet large day.
- (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
- 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
- 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
- (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 940138160:
- 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: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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.
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Noun[edit]
large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)
- (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
- (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
- 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."
- A large serving of something.
- One small coffee and two larges, please.
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Adverb[edit]
large
- (nautical) Before the wind.
Further reading[edit]
- large in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- large in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
large (plural larges)
Noun[edit]
large m (plural larges)
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Descendants[edit]
- Antillean Creole: laj
- Haitian Creole: laj
- Karipúna Creole French: laj
- Louisiana Creole French: laj, larj
Anagrams[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “large” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adverb[edit]
largē (comparative largius, superlative largissimē)
- munificently, generously, liberally.
- abundantly, copiously.
- to a great extent.
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
large
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French large, from Latin largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).
Adjective[edit]
large m or f
Derived terms[edit]
- large d'bord, large d'run (“broad in the beam”)
- largement (“widely”)
Noun[edit]
large m (plural larges)
- (Jersey, nautical) open sea, deep sea
- Synonym: plieine mé
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- larc (Roman de Renard, "wide")
Etymology[edit]
From Latin largus, larga.
Adjective[edit]
large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (large, supplement)
- large on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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