generous

généreux

Qui donne volontiers de l’argent, de l’aide ou de son temps aux autres.

En anglais simple : Happy to give money, help, or time to other people.

• My aunt is very generous.
• He was generous with his time.
• It was generous of you to help us move.

Comment l'utiliser : generous with something (She is generous with her money.); generous to someone (They have always been generous to us.); generous of someone to do something (It was generous of him to pay for everyone.)

Synonymes : giving, kind

Contraires : stingy, mean

Expressions courantes : generous person, generous with something, generous to someone, generous gift

copieux, généreux

Plus important que d’habitude, ou assez abondant pour que chacun en ait beaucoup.

En anglais simple : Larger than usual or enough to give plenty to everyone.

• They serve generous portions here.
• Add a generous amount of cheese.
• The room has generous space for all your books.

Synonymes : large, ample, plentiful

Contraires : small, meagre

Expressions courantes : generous portion, generous helping, generous amount