large-scale

See also: largescale and large scale

English

Alternative forms

• large scale

Etymology

large + scale

Adjective

large-scale (comparative more large-scale, superlative most large-scale)

1. Large in amount, scope or extent.
   • 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:

     Moreover, in view of the lamentable present indecision of the Government in regard to electrification, the large-scale building of diesel power may prove to have been a farseeing move after all.

   • 1964 March, “Timetable confusion”, in Modern Railways, page 145:

     The production of railway timetables is a large-scale and expensive operation.

2. (of a map or image) Drawn large so as to show detail.

Antonyms

• small-scale

Derived terms

• ultra-large-scale
• very-large-scale

Translations

large in amount, scope or extent

• Azerbaijani: genişmiqyaslı, irimiqyaslı
• Bulgarian: обширен (bg) (obširen)
• Catalan: a gran escala
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大型 (zh) (dàxíng)

• Dutch: grootschalig (nl)
• Esperanto: grandskala
• Finnish: laaja (fi), mittava (fi)
• French: à grande échelle (fr)
• Galician: a gran escala
• German: großangelegt (de), groß angelegt (de)
• Hungarian: nagyarányú (hu), nagymérvű (hu)
• Italian: su larga scala
• Japanese: 大規模の (ja) (だいきぼの, daikibo no), 大型の (ja) (おおがたの, ōgata no)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: storskala

  Nynorsk: storskala

• Polish: wielkoskalowy
• Portuguese: em grande escala, em larga escala
• Russian: крупномасшта́бный (ru) (krupnomasštábnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: mòr-sgèile
• Spanish: a gran escala
• Ukrainian: великомасшта́бний (velykomasštábnyj)

drawn large so as to show detail

• Bulgarian: в голям мащаб (v goljam maštab)
• Dutch: grootschalig (nl)
• Finnish: suurimittakaavainen
• French: à grande échelle (fr)
• German: großangelegt (de), groß angelegt (de)
• Irish: mórscála
• Russian: крупномасшта́бный (ru) (krupnomasštábnyj), в кру́пном масшта́бе (v krúpnom masštábe)
• Scottish Gaelic: mòr-sgèile
• Ukrainian: великомасшта́бний (velykomasštábnyj)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} sur grande échelle, ^{(please verify)} sur vaste échelle
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} a gran escala, ^{(please verify)} en gran escala

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