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

grogue: grog (alcoholic beverage)
groin: the snout of the pig
grolle: crow, rook
grolle: shoe
grommeler: to grumble, mutter
grommellement: grumbling
grondant: rumbling
grondement: grumble; rumble (noise)
gronder: to rumble, roar; to growl; to tell off, scold, chew out
gronderie: scolding
grondeur: rumbling, growling; scolding
grondeuse: a scolder; one who scolds
grondin: gurnard
groom: bellboy; groom (person who looks after horses); groom (servant); doorstop
groove: groove (fixed routine)
gros: big, thick, fat; coarse, rough; famous
gros: an overweight person; the bulk, the majority
gros baume: synonym of gros thym (“Indian borage”) (Coleus amboinicus)
gros bleu: synonym of pinard (“plonk”) (cheap wine)
gros bois cassant bleu: synonym of bois de lousteau (Chassalia gaertneroides); synonym of chassalie bois de corail (Chassalia corallioides (Cordem.) Verdc.)
gros bon sens: horse sense
gros bonnet: bigwig (a person of consequence)
gros bras: heavy; butch person
gros chien: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gros, chien.; rich person; important person, bigshot, bigwig
gros comme le bras: very big (of a lie, a flattery, etc.)
gros comme une maison: ludicrously obvious, self-evident, plain as the nose on one's face, plain for all to see
gros intestin: large intestine
gros lard: fat-ass, fatso
gros lot: jackpot (large cash prize)
gros mot: dirty word, swear word
gros orteil: big toe (the largest of the toes of the foot of a human)
gros plan: close-up
gros plein de soupe: a fat person, fatty; (especially) one that seems clumsy or somewhat idle-looking
gros poisson: big fish
gros public: synonym of grand public
gros qui tache: synonym of pinard (“plonk”) (cheap wine)
gros rouge: synonym of pinard (“plonk”) (cheap wine)
gros sabots: tactlessness
gros sous: big bucks, big money
gros tas: fat-ass, fatso (of a man or a woman)
gros tec-tec des Hauts: synonym of échenilleur de La Réunion (Lalage newtoni (Pollen, 1866)
gros temps: dirty weather
gros thym: Indian borage (Coleus amboinicus)
gros titre: headline (on the front page)
gros œuvre: structural works, structural frame, structural system, shell of a building
gros-cul: a large lorry (UK) or truck (US); battleship; low-quality tobacco, especially the sort formerly issued to soldiers by the French army; a regulation French army flask with a capacity of two litres; a small 460-millilitre wine bottle from the Lyon region
gros-grain: grosgrain
gros-porteur: jumbo jet
groschen: groschen
groseille: redcurrant; gooseberry
groseille blanche: white currant
groseille de Chine: Chinese gooseberry, kiwifruit
groseille rouge: redcurrant
groseille à maquereau: gooseberry (fruit)
groseillier: currant (bush)
gross bière: a tallboy, a beer can larger than 335mL
grosse: feminine singular of gros; pregnant
grosse: gross (twelve dozens)
grosse caisse: bass drum
grosse commission: number two, big jobs (the act of defecation)