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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesa gran escala
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a ɣɾan esˈka.la
"Es un proyecto a gran escala."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Involving a large number of people or things, or happening over a large area.
"The city is planning a large-scale project to upgrade its public transportation network." - 2
Extensive in scope or resources.
"The company launched a large-scale marketing campaign to introduce the new product globally."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'large' (from Old English 'lærd', meaning wide or extensive) and 'scale' (from Latin 'scala', meaning ladder or flight of steps, later extended to mean a system of graduated measurements or proportions). The compound adjective emerged in the mid-19th century to describe operations, projects, or phenomena covering a wide scope or involving considerable magnitude.
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à grande échelle
Transliteration: a ɡʁɑ̃d e.ʃɛl
"C'est un projet à grande échelle."
großangelegt
Transliteration: ɡʁɔsˈʔanˌɡeːlt
"Es handelt sich um ein großangelegtes Projekt."
su larga scala
Transliteration: su ˈlar.ɡa ˈska.la
"Questo è un progetto su larga scala."
a gran escala
Transliteration: a ɣɾan esˈka.la
"Es un proyecto a gran escala."
em grande escala
Transliteration: ẽ ˈɡɾɐ̃.dʒi esˈka.lɐ
"Este é um projeto em grande escala."
बड़े पैमाने पर
Transliteration: bare paimane par
"यह एक बड़े पैमाने की परियोजना है।"
大规模的
Transliteration: dà guī mó de
"这是一个大规模的项目。"
대규모의
Transliteration: dae-gyu-mo-ui
"이것은 대규모 프로젝트입니다."
大規模な
Transliteration: daikibo-na
"それは大規模なプロジェクトです。"
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