English

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Etymology
From northern ME. dialect big, bigge (powerful, strong), of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialect of Old Norse.

Pronunciation
IPA|/bɪg/
audio|en-us-big.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪɡ

Adjective
en-adj|bigg|er

1. Of a great size; large; the weakest sense of great size.

#: Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.

1. colloquial Adult.

#: Kids should get help from big people if they want to use the kitchen.

1. colloquial fat|Fat.

#: Gosh, she is big!

1. important|Important or significant.

#: What's so big about that? I do it all the time.

1. popular|Popular.

#: That style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers.

1. colloquial (construed with on) enthusiastic|Enthusiastic (about).

#: I'm not big on the idea, but if you want to go ahead with it, I won't stop you.

1. Of an industry or other field: Thought to have undue influence.

#: There were concerns about the ethics of big science.

Synonyms
(of a great size): ample, huge, large, sizeable, jumbo, massive
(adult): adult, fully grown, grown up

Antonyms
(of a great size): little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute
(adult): little, young

Slovak: veľký m, veľká f, veľké n
Slovene: velik m, velika f, veliko n
Spanish: grande m and f
Swahili: -kubwa
Swedish: stor
Tagalog: malaki
Telugu: ప�ద�ద (pedda)
Thai: THchar|�ุ� (khóón), THchar|��า��ห�� (khànààt yài); THchar|�ห�� (yài, vb)
Tupinambá: gûasu (after vowel), usu (after consonant); urusu (t-), eburusu (t-)
Turkish: büyük
Ukrainian: великий (velýkyj)
Vietnamese: �ại
Welsh: mawr
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Dutch: volwassen
Ewe: gã
Finnish: aikuinen, iso#Finnish|iso
French: grand#French|grand m, grande#French|grande f
German: gro�
Hebrew: ���� (gadol) m, ����� (gdola) f
Hungarian: feln�tt
Icelandic: fullorðinn
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Inuktitut: innark, aktok
Italian: grande#Italian|grande m|f
Japanese: 大人 (���, otoná), �人 (����, séijin)
Korean: �른 (eoreun), �� (seong-in)
Kurdish: KUchar|گ���ر��
Latin: adultus, adulta, adultum m/f/n
Ojibwe: gichi-aya'aa s, gichi-aya'aag p, gichi-aya'aawi vb
Polish: doros�y
Portuguese: maior m|f, adulto m, adulta f
Russian: бол��ой (bol�šój) m
Spanish: mayor m|f, adulto m, adulta f
Swahili: -pevu; mpevu s, wapevu pl (noun 1/2)
Thai: THchar|���ล�ว (dtoh l��eo); THchar|�� (dtoh)
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Category:200 English basic words

Dutch

Noun
nl-noun|g1m|g2f|biggen|biggetje

1. piglet, little pig

Category:nl:Mammals

Irish

Pronunciation
IPA|/bʲigʲ/

Adjective
big

1. Genitive singular masculine of beag (small, little)

Scots

Etymology
From Old Norse byggja �inhabit, build�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/bɪg/

Verb
sco-verb|bigs|biggin|biggit

1. to build

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology
From English big#English|big.

Adjective
big

1. big#English|big

Derived terms
big boil
big maut
big ren
big taun
big wata
big win

Category:Torres Strait Creole adjectives

Western Apache

Pronunciation
IPA|[pɪ�k]

Etymology
From Proto-Athabascan *-w��t�.

Cognates: Navajo -bid, Plains Apache -bid.

Noun
-big (inalienable, e.g., shibig "my belly", bibig "her/his/their belly")

1. belly, stomach, abdomen

The form -big occurs in the White Mountain varieties; -bid occurs in San Carlos and Dilze�eh (Tonto).

Category:Western Apache nouns

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es:big
fa:big
fr:big
fy:big
gl:big
ko:big
hy:big
io:big
id:big
it:big
kk:big
la:big
hu:big
nl:big
ja:big
ug:big
pl:big
pt:big
ru:big
simple:big
sr:big
fi:big
sv:big
ta:big
te:big
vi:big
tr:big
vo:big
zh:big

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