What does grandir in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word grandir in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use grandir in French.
The word grandir in French means get bigger, get taller, grow, increase, grow up, make yourself taller, bring glory upon yourself, cover yourself in glory, do credit, be worthy of, magnify, expand, make grow up, make more mature. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word grandir
get bigger, get tallerverbe intransitif (augmenter de taille) (in size or height) Ton fils grandit vite. Your son is getting taller so quickly. |
grow, increaseverbe intransitif (devenir plus important) (in intensity) (intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.") L'angoisse des aspirants bacheliers grandissait au fil des heures. The A-level hopefuls' anxiety was increasing as the hours ticked by. |
grow upverbe intransitif (devenir plus mature) (in age or maturity) (phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.") Ton fils a grandi cet été. Your son has grown up this summer. |
make yourself tallerverbe pronominal (se hausser) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Pour se grandir, elle porte des chaussures à talons. She wears high-heeled shoes to make herself taller. |
bring glory upon yourself, cover yourself in gloryverbe pronominal (s'élever en honneur) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Il s'est grandi par sa bravoure au combat. He covered himself in glory through his courage in battle. |
do credit, be worthy ofverbe transitif (figuré (donner du prestige) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Cette victoire honteuse ne te grandit pas. That shameful victory does you no credit. |
magnify, expandverbe transitif (faire paraître plus grand) (object) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Ce costume te grandit. This suit makes you look taller. |
make grow up, make more matureverbe transitif (figuré (mûrir) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Cette expérience l'a grandi. The experience made her more mature. |
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