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3,284 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

grand jour: big day (a day on which something significant happens)
grand largue: broad reach
grand livre: ledger
grand magasin: department store
grand max: tops, at most
grand maximum: tops, at most
grand maximum: absolute maximum
grand monde: a lot of people
grand monde: smart set, high society; adult
grand mot: strong word, strong term
grand mât: mainmast (the tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast)
grand méchant loup: Big Bad Wolf (evil fictional wolf that appears in fairy tales or fables); bogeyman, Big Bad Wolf
grand n'importe quoi: mess, chaotic and/or nonsensical situation
grand ouvert: wide open
grand pingouin: great auk (Pinguinus impennis)
grand pont: kick/pass around a player's legs (overplaying a player on the one side while overrunning him on the other)
grand pontife: pontifex maximus
grand prieur: grand prior
grand prématuré: very premature infant, baby born very prematurely
grand prêtre: high priest (clergyman with a higher function than a normal priest)
grand public: mainstream, aimed at all audiences
grand public: general public
grand remplacement: alternative letter-case form of Grand Remplacement
grand reporter: international correspondent, special correspondent
grand requin blanc: great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
grand roseau: giant cane, giant reed (Arundo donax)
grand saut: big air
grand seigneur: true gentleman, dignified man
grand singe: great ape
grand âge: extreme old age
grand écart: the splits
grand écran: big screen
grand électeur: elector (official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States); a person electing the Sénat (the French senate)
grand œillet d'Inde: Aztec marigold (Tagetes erecta)
grand œuvre: magnum opus (most renowned achievement of an author or artist, representing their major life effort)
grand'peur: alternative spelling of grand-peur
grand-angle: wide-angle
grand-angle: wide-angle lens
grand-angulaire: grand-angle
grand-bi: penny farthing (bicycle with the front wheel far larger than the rear one)
grand-chose: a big deal; something or someone important; much, (not) a lot
grand-duc: grand duke; Eurasian eagle-owl
grand-duc d'Amérique: great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
grand-ducal: grand duke
grand-duché: grand duchy
grand-maman: granny, grandma
grand-messe: sung mass, High Mass
grand-mère: grandmother
grand-oncle: great-uncle
grand-papa: gramps; grandpa
grand-parent: grandparent (parent of someone’s parent)
grand-peur: great fear
grand-père: grandfather
grand-rue: main street
grand-russien: Great Russian
grand-tante: great-aunt
grande aiguille: minute hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes)
grande camomille: feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
grande chélidoine: greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)
grande couronne: the zone consisting of the four departments (Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Essonne and Val-d'Oise) that form the boundaries of Île-de-France