...— The following adjectives have one meaning when before, and another when after a substantive : Ex. Un grand homme ; A great man. Un homme grand ; A tall man. Une grosse femme; A fat woman. Une femme grosse ; A pregnant woman. Une sage femme ; A midwife. Une...

...probity un homme brave, a courageous man un honnête homme, an honest man un homme honnête, a civil man un grand homme, a great man un homme grand, a tall man * Ancien differs from vieux in signification ; the first means old without reference to age, and vieux...

...homme cruel, a cruel man. Un galant homme, an honorable or gallant man; un homme galant, a gallant man. Un grand homme, a great man; un homme grand, a tall man. But with another adjective relating to outward appearance, grand before the substantive has also the...

...man ; un bon homme, a simpleton. Un honnête homme, an honest man ; un homme honnête, a polite man. Un grand homme, a great man ; un homme grand, a tall man. Un pauvre homme, a simpleton ; un homme pauvre, a poor man. Un brave homme, a worthy man ; un homme brave,...

...homme brave, a brave man. 2. un furieux menteur, a terrible liar, un fou furieux, a furious madman. 3. un grand homme, a great man, un homme grand, a tall man. 4. un honnête homme, an honest man, un homme honnête, a polite man. 5. un nouvel habit, another coat....

...noun. £7» homme glorieux, a self-conceited man ; les glorieux travaux, glorious works. GRAND. — Un grand homme, a great man; un homme grand, a tall man. GRAS generally follows the noun. When used figuratively, it may precede it in the plural : de gras...

...a good-natured man. Un honnête homme, an honest man. Un homme honnête, a civil or polite man. Uu grand homme, a great man. Un homme grand, a tall man. Un petit homme, a little man. Un homme petit, a mean man. Un pauvre homme, a simpleton. Un homme pauvre,...

...Grammairien, «.m. grammarian. Grand, -e, a. great, large, big, tall, grown-up, grand, broad, open, loud. — Un grand homme, A great man. Un homme grand, A tall man. De grands jeunes gens. Grown-up young men. La porte était toute grande ouverte, The door was wide...

...adjective grand changes its signification according to its preceding or following the substantive, as: un grand homme, a great man, un homme grand, a tall man. Now, as none of these meanings are applicable to any of these compound substantives, since une grand'mère...

...follows. Here are several instances : — 'Un brave homme,' an honest man ; ' un homme brave,' a brave man. ' Un honnête homme,' an honest man ; ' un homme honnête,' a polite man. ' TJn vilain homme,' a villanous mau ; ' un homme vilain,' an ugly man. ' Un sale homme,' a nasty man...