"large" meaning in French

See large in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /laʁʒ/ Audio: Fr-large.ogg Forms: larges [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|large|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French large, {{inh+|fr|fro|large}} Inherited from Old French large, {{inh|fr|la|largus}} Latin largus, {{m|la|larga}} larga, {{m|la|largum||abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much}} largum (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), {{m|la|largum}} largum, {{m|fro|larc}} larc Head templates: {{fr-adj}} large (plural larges)
  1. wide, broad
    Sense id: en-large-fr-adj-h8CoACrs
  2. large
    Sense id: en-large-fr-adj-01xBaoW4
  3. generous
    Sense id: en-large-fr-adj-iu-bXd7e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: de long en large, en long en large, large d’esprit, ratisser large Related terms: largesse

Noun

IPA: /laʁʒ/ Audio: Fr-large.ogg Forms: larges [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|large|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French large, {{inh+|fr|fro|large}} Inherited from Old French large, {{inh|fr|la|largus}} Latin largus, {{m|la|larga}} larga, {{m|la|largum||abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much}} largum (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), {{m|la|largum}} largum, {{m|fro|larc}} larc Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} large m (plural larges)
  1. open sea Tags: masculine Synonyms: haute mer
    Sense id: en-large-fr-noun-X3RVGA3p
  2. width Tags: masculine Synonyms: largeur
    Sense id: en-large-fr-noun-3sDwBOqg Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 6 21 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: au large, au large de, prendre le large

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.