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Elle a une grosse voiture.

Elle a une grosse voiture.
She has a big car.
From Lesson 78:Double consonant adjectives (-enne, -ette)·French

Breakdown of Elle a une grosse voiture.

avoir
to have
gros
big, fat

Questions & Answers about Elle a une grosse voiture.

Why is the adjective spelled grosse and not just grose?
Grosse is the feminine form of the adjective gros (big). Just like the adjectives in this lesson that double their final consonant (like -en to -enne), adjectives ending in -os double the s before adding the e, making it -osse.
Why does grosse come before voiture? I thought adjectives usually go after the noun.
Most French adjectives do come after the noun, but short, common adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Goodness, and Size (remember the acronym BAGS) go before it. Since grosse describes size, it goes before voiture.
Does doubling the s in grosse change the pronunciation?
Yes! In the masculine form gros, the s is silent. In the feminine grosse, the double s makes a hissing s sound (like in snake). If it were spelled with only one s, it would sound like a z because it would be sandwiched between two vowels.
Doesn't gros or grosse usually mean fat?
It can! When describing people or animals, gros or grosse usually means fat. However, when describing an inanimate object like une voiture, it simply means big or large.

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