Grammatical class

Noun

large

open sea

Details

Syllables

lar-ge

Phonetics

laʁʒ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1508

Freq. (movies)

4331

Freq. (news)

1009

Sentences

Il marchait de long en large.

He walked back and forth.

A1

Le trou fait deux mètres de large.

The hole is two meters across.

A1

Le pont fait trente mètres de large.

The bridge is thirty meters in width.

A1

Cette cuisinière fait 1,12 m de large.

This cooktop is 44 inches wide.

A1

Un inconnu marchait de long en large sur le trottoir.

A strange man was walking back and forth on the pavement.

A2

Le lion marchait de long en large, dans sa cage, toute la journée.

The lion walked to and fro in its cage all day.

A2

La ceinture a environ un empan de large.

The belt has a width of about one span.

B1

Ce bateau a fait naufrage au large du Chili.

That boat wrecked off the coast of Chile.

B1

Les couloirs ne doivent pas avoir moins de deux mètres de large.

Corridors should be no less than two meters wide.

B1

Les automobilistes doivent laisser un espace d'un mètre de large quand ils doublent des cyclistes.

Motorists must leave at least a metre-wide buffer when passing cyclists.

B1

Un courant chaud circule au large de Shikoku.

A warm current runs off the coast of Shikoku.

B2

Plusieurs yachts cinglaient côte à côte au large.

Several yachts were sailing side by side far out at sea.

B2