English → Arabic
biggest in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- akbar
- Arabizi
akbar- Type
- adjective
- Root
- ك ب ر
How to use it
"biggest" is the superlative form of "big". In Arabic it is expressed with the adjective أَكْبَر, which agrees in gender and number with the noun it describes. Use it before the noun, just like English.
Example sentences
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هَذَا أَكْبَرُ بَيْتٍ فِي الشَّارِعِ.
hādhā akbaru baytin fī ash-shāriʿi.
This is the biggest house on the street.
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هِيَ أَكْبَرُ سَيَّارَةٍ لَدَيْنَا.
hiya akbaru sayyāratin ladaynā.
It is the biggest car we have.
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أَكْبَرُ مَسَافَةٍ هِيَ بَيْنَ هَذَا وَذَلِكَ.
akbaru masāfatin hiya bayna hādhā wa dhālika.
The biggest distance is between this and that.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
He is the biggest plotter.
فهو المخطط الأكبر.
That's my biggest challenge.
هذا أكبر تحدي لي
My biggest challenge is society.
ولكن أكبر تحديٍ لي هو المجتمع!
Humans are their biggest threat.
الإنسان هو أكبر تهديد لهم.
The World’s Biggest Shock Absorber
أضخم ماصٍ للصدمات في العالم
This became the biggest challenges.
لقد أصبح هذا أكبر تحدّ.
Nick Bostrom on our biggest problems
نِك بوستروم: أكبر مشاكلنا
Gaza is the biggest prison on Earth.
غزّة هي أكبر سجن في العالم.
Our biggest banks must become simpler.
إن أكبر بنوكنا لابد أن تصبح أكثر بساطة.
The biggest challenge is public perception.
والتحدي الأكبر هنا يرتبط بمسألة الإدراك العام.
That's the biggest strawberry I've ever seen.
هذه أكبر حبة فراولة رأيتها حتى الآن.
Pakistan remains India’s single biggest challenge.
وتظل باكستان تشكل التحدي المنفرد الأكبر الذي يواجه الهند.
Questions and answers
How do I make the superlative for other adjectives?
Add أَكْ followed by the adjective’s root, e.g., أَسْرَعُ for "fastest".
Does أَكْبَر change for feminine nouns?
Yes, use أَكْبَرُ for masculine and أَكْبَرَةُ for feminine.
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