English-French translations for great

• grand
  Une grande Europe a besoin de grandes institutions. A great Europe needs great institutions.
  C’est un grand jour, un grand honneur et vous êtes grands! What a great day, what a great honour and what great people!
  Nous sommes confrontés à de grands défis! We are facing great challenges!
• grande
  Une grande Europe a besoin de grandes institutions. A great Europe needs great institutions.
  Nous avons là une grande richesse. Such diversity is a great asset.
  Son décès est une grande perte. His passing away is a great loss.
• excellent
  Je dois dire qu'ils font vraiment de l'excellent travail. I must say they really do some great work.
  À propos, je pense que vous avez fait un excellent travail. By the way, I think you have done great work.
  J’estime que nous avons obtenus d’excellents résultats. I think we have achieved a great deal.
• formidable
  Cette initiative a connu un formidable succès. The result has been a great success.
  Gordon Brown a prononcé un discours formidable. Gordon Brown has given a great speech.
  C'est pourquoi je considère que cette idée est formidable. That is why I believe this is a great idea.
• bath
• chouette
• fantastique
  Elle a fait un travail fantastique et elle nous manque beaucoup. She did a fantastic job and we greatly miss her.
  Je vous remercie sincèrement pour le travail fantastique que vous avez fourni. I honestly thank you for the great work you have done.
  C’est là un prix énorme, un prix fantastique à portée de notre main. It is a huge prize, a great prize that is in our grasp.
• génial
  En matière de logiciels, les brillantes idées d’aujourd’hui constituent le fondement des idées géniales de demain. In software, the great ideas of yesterday are the building blocks of the great ideas of tomorrow.
  Madame la Commissaire, Madame la Vice-présidente, êtes-vous prêtes à soutenir l'idée géniale de M.Savary concernant un tel dispositif ? Commissioner, Madam Vice-President, are you ready to support Mr Savary's great idea for such a mechanism?
• génial géniale
• gros
  C'est un objectif important qui mérite de gros efforts. It is a great prize worth a lot of effort.
  Mais elle pourrait accidentellement provoquer de gros dégâts. But they might accidentally do great damage.
• magnifique
  Quel magnifique modèle pour la Grande-Bretagne! What a great model for Britain!
  L' Union européenne est un magnifique idéal. The European Union is a great ideal.
  Ils vont rater un magnifique discours, mais c'est ainsi. They are about to miss a great speech, but there we are.
• super
  Néanmoins, je ne pense pas que les citoyens d'Europe soient très désireux de voir l'Union acquérir les attributs d'un super-État. Nevertheless, I do not believe that there is any great desire on the part of the people of Europe for the Union to take on the trappings of a super-state.
  J’ai lu les mémoires de Monnet avec beaucoup de plaisir, mais je n’y ai trouvé nulle part des références en faveur d’un État UE super centralisé, non démocratique, établi par une constitution. I have read Monnet’s memoirs with great pleasure, but nowhere found references there in support of the undemocratic, super-centralised EU state heralded by the Constitution.
• superbe
  SOLVIT est un superbe concept et je pense que le commissaire Dalli l'a résumé en disant qu'il concerne entièrement les personnes. SOLVIT is a great concept and I think Commissioner Dalli summed it up by saying it is all about people.
  Pour le premier de l'an 2007, Madame Merkel, la revue Cicero a publié un superbe entretien de vous, que j'ai lu avec beaucoup d'attention. On New Year's Day this year, Mrs Merkel, the magazine 'Cicero' published a marvellous interview with you, which I read with a great deal of attention.
  Ce faisant, nous offrons à des centaines, des milliers d’enfants défavorisés un superbe cadeau de Noël et j’espère que la Commission écoute très attentivement cet appel. In so doing, we are giving hundreds and thousands of disadvantaged children a great big Christmas present, and I hope that the Commission is listening very carefully to this appeal.
• tant mieux
  Tant mieux s’ils doivent devenir maintenant des associations volontaires de citoyens de même sensibilité collaborant sur l’ensemble de ce grand continent. All the better that they should now become voluntary associations of like-minded citizens collaborating right across this great continent.
• très bien
  La politique de concentration a très bien réussi à ce Parlement. The policy of ramassage has been a great success for this Parliament.
  Cependant, nous devons constater à présent, après ce triomphe, que certaines choses ne fonctionnent plus très bien. We must also admit, however, that a great deal has gone wrong since this triumph.
  Tout cela est très bien, Monsieur Harbour, mais je suis toujours d'avis qu'il nous reste encore du travail à accomplir. That sounds great, Mr Harbour, but I still think that we have some work to do on our side, too.

Definition of great

• Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number or duration ; very big
• Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind
• Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word ''great'. [see Derived terms]
• Pregnant; large with young; full of
• Intimate; familiar
• Extreme or more than usual
• Of significant importance or consequence; important
• Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent
• Impressive or striking
• Much in use; favoured
• Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble
• Title referring to an important leader
• Doing or exemplifying  on a large scale; active or enthusiastic
• Skilful or adroit
• Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848
• Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths
• Expression of gladness and content about something
• sarcastic inversion thereof
• A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim
• The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division
• Very well

Examples

• A great storm is approaching our shores
• a great assembly
• a great wait
• the great auk
• great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather
• great with child
• great with hope
• great worry
• a great decision
• a great deed
• a great nature
• a great history
• a great show of wealth
• Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era
• a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc
• Alexander the Great
• What a great buffoon!
• Hes not a great one for reading
• a great walker
• a great carpenter
• You are great at singing
• Dinner was great
• a dirty great smack in the face
• Great Scott!
• Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.
• Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.
• Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.
• My three-greats grandmother.
• Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they dont have to be sharpened.

Related words

• greatly
• greatest
• greater
• great-grandchild
• greatness
• great-uncle
• great-grandfather
• great-granddaughter
• great-great-grandchild
• great-grandmother