WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| grandissant adj | (croissant) | increasing, growing adj |
| | Comme la nuit avançait sa peur était grandissante. |
| | As the night wore on, she felt a growing fear. |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| grandir⇒ vi | (augmenter de taille) (in size or height) | get bigger, get taller vi + adj |
| | (in size or height) | grow⇒ vi |
| | Ton fils grandit vite. |
| | Your son is getting taller so quickly. |
| grandir vi | (devenir plus important) (in intensity) | grow⇒, increase⇒ vi |
| | L'angoisse des aspirants bacheliers grandissait au fil des heures. |
| | The A-level hopefuls' anxiety was increasing as the hours ticked by. |
| grandir vi | (devenir plus mature) (in age or maturity) | grow up vi phrasal |
| | Ton fils a grandi cet été. |
| | Your son has grown up this summer. |
| se grandir⇒ v pron | (se hausser) | make yourself taller v expr |
| | Pour se grandir, Sarah porte des chaussures à talons. |
| | Levez-vous, levez les mains et grandissez-vous en inspirant bien. |
| | Sarah wears high-heeled shoes to make herself taller. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| se grandir v pron | (s'élever en honneur) | bring glory upon yourself, cover yourself in glory v expr |
| | (figurative) | increase your stature v expr |
| | (figurative) | grow⇒ vi |
| | | do yourself credit, prove yourself worthy v expr |
| | Il s'est grandi par sa bravoure au combat. |
| | He covered himself in glory through his courage in battle. |
| grandir vtr | figuré (donner du prestige) | do [sb] credit, be worthy of [sb] v expr |
| | (informal) | do [sb] proud v expr |
| | | cover [sb] in glory v expr |
| | (figurative) | increase [sb]'s stature v expr |
| | Cette victoire honteuse ne te grandit pas. |
| | That shameful victory does you no credit. |
| grandir vtr | (faire paraître plus grand) (object) | magnify⇒, expand⇒ vtr |
| | (person) | make [sb] look taller v expr |
| | (dimensions, size) | exaggerate⇒ vtr |
| | Ce costume te grandit. |
| | This suit makes you look taller. |
| grandir vtr | figuré (mûrir) | make [sb] grow up, make [sb] more mature v expr |
| | | mature⇒ vtr |
| | Cette expérience l'a grandi. |
| | The experience made her more mature. |