high-sounding in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for high-sounding in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for high-sounding in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

sonore [sɔnɔʀ] ADJ

I.grand (grande) [ɡʀɑ̃, ɡʀɑ̃d] ADJ

10. grand (intense, extrême, fort):

II.grand (grande) [ɡʀɑ̃, ɡʀɑ̃d] N m (f)

III.grand (grande) [ɡʀɑ̃, ɡʀɑ̃d] ADV

IV.grand N m

V.en grand ADV

VI.grand (grande) [ɡʀɑ̃, ɡʀɑ̃d]

grand argentier HISTORY
grand duc ZOOL
splits sing
grand frais METEO
grand mât NAUT
grand prêtre REL fig
grand prix SPORTS
grand quart NAUT
le Grand Siècle HISTORY
grande Armée HISTORY
la Grande Guerre HISTORY
grande hune NAUT
big wheel Brit
grandes ondes RADIO
long wave sing
grands singes ZOOL

See also voyage, scène, remède, Grande école, esprit, École, cas

voyage [vwajaʒ] N m

scène [sɛn] N f

3. scène (activité théâtrale):

remède [ʀ(ə)mɛd] N m

Grande école Info

esprit [ɛspʀi] N m

2. esprit (cerveau):

esprit de sel dated
esprit de vin dated
spirit of wine dated

I.cas <pl cas> [kɑ] N m

1. cas (circonstance):

dans ou en ce cas(-là)

II.en tout cas, en tous les cas ADV

III.cas [kɑ]

IV.cas [kɑ]

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
As so often happens with high-sounding principles, they have to be brought down to earth.
en.wikipedia.org
It is very easy after champagnes at a cocktail party to make high-sounding political rhetoric which amount to nothing.
www.ghanaweb.com
It's dressed up in all sorts of legal finery and high-sounding words, to be sure.
www.torontosun.com
They saw those machineries, which proclaimed high-sounding title, with mingled feelings.
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They have carefully avoided using jargon on their site because they think that these high-sounding jargon may confuse the visitors to their site, says the company.
www.digitaljournal.com
The manufacturers benefit by selling more of their products with the high-sounding concept of freshness and safety.
www.thehindu.com
And if high-sounding talk did any good, we'd have overcome those deep problems long ago.
www.macleans.ca
For example, an organist might give the upper melodic line a high-sounding oboe-type stop, and the lower melodic line a mellow tibia stop.
en.wikipedia.org
Of the high-sounding declarations, he laments that they are "declarations of futility".
www.jamaicaobserver.com
The governor was obviously carried away by the high-sounding elegiac word, specially chosen to wave good bye to his mentor of almost eight years.
thenationonlineng.net

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