Translations for massive in French

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"What did you do?" My flippancy was all gone. This massive man compelled one's attention and respect.	— Que fîtes-vous ? J’avais rabattu de mon assurance. Cet homme massif imposait l’attention et le respect.
The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle	Le Monde perdu, de Arthur Conan Doyle

He was a man of about fifty, tall, portly, and imposing, with a massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure. He was dressed in a sombre yet rich style, in black frock-coat, shining hat, neat brown gaiters, and well-cut pearl-gray trousers. Yet his actions were in absurd contrast to the dignity of his dress and features, for he was running hard, with occasional little springs, such as a weary man gives who is little accustomed to set any tax upon his legs. As he ran he jerked his hands up and down, waggled his head, and writhed his face into the most extraordinary contortions.

C’était un homme d’environ cinquante ans, grand, massif et imposant, au visage large, aux traits vigoureux. Sa mine était sévère mais soignée : une redingote noire, un chapeau irréprochable, des guêtres brunes, et un pantalon gris-perle, de coupe excellente. Cependant ses actions étaient en contradiction absolue avec la dignité de sa personne et de sa mise, car il courait de toutes ses forces, faisant de temps en temps un petit saut, comme un homme fatigué et qui n’est pas habitué à marcher au pas de course. Tout en courant il gesticulait avec les mains, secouait la tête et faisait les grimaces les plus extraordinaires.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle

Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes, de Arthur Conan Doyle

He sat in a rotating chair behind a broad table, which was covered with books, maps, and diagrams. As I entered, his seat spun round to face me. His appearance made me gasp. I was prepared for something strange, but not for so overpowering a personality as this. It was his size which took one's breath away—his size and his imposing presence. His head was enormous, the largest I have ever seen upon a human being. I am sure that his top-hat, had I ever ventured to don it, would have slipped over me entirely and rested on my shoulders. He had the face and beard which I associate with an Assyrian bull; the former florid, the latter so black as almost to have a suspicion of blue, spade-shaped and rippling down over his chest. The hair was peculiar, plastered down in front in a long, curving wisp over his massive forehead. The eyes were blue-grey under great black tufts, very clear, very critical, and very masterful. A huge spread of shoulders and a chest like a barrel were the other parts of him which appeared above the table, save for two enormous hands covered with long black hair. This and a bellowing, roaring, rumbling voice made up my first impression of the notorious Professor Challenger.

Il occupait une chaise tournante, devant une grande table couverte de livres, de cartes, de diagrammes. Au moment où j’entrais, il pivota sur son siège pour me faire face. Son aspect me coupa le souffle. J’étais préparé à quelque chose d’étrange, mais non point à une personnalité aussi formidable. Il vous impressionnait par sa taille, par sa prestance, par l’énormité de sa tête, la plus grande que j’eusse jamais vue sur un corps humain : son chapeau, si je m’étais avisé de l’essayer, me fût descendu aux épaules ! Il avait une de ces figures qui pour moi s’associent à l’idée d’un taureau assyrien : toute rouge, avec une barbe d’un noir presque bleu qui lui roulait en ondes sur la poitrine. Ses cheveux, très particuliers, projetaient sur son front massif un long bandeau lisse. Ses yeux gris bleu, très clairs sous de grosses touffes sombres, avaient une acuité impérieuse et scrutatrice. De vastes épaules, un torse renflé comme un tonneau, des mains de colosse plantées d’un poil dru, c’était ce qui m’apparaissait encore de lui par-dessus la table. Une voix mugissante concourait à l’effet que me produisit, de prime abord, le professeur Challenger.

The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle

Le Monde perdu, de Arthur Conan Doyle

It was, indeed, our friend the financier. I was shocked by the change which had come over him, for his face, which was naturally of a broad and massive mould, was now pinched and fallen in, while his hair seemed to me at least a shade whiter. He entered with a weariness and lethargy which was even more painful than his violence of the morning before, and he dropped heavily into the arm-chair which I pushed forward for him.

C’était, en effet, notre ami le financier. Je fus frappé du changement qui s’était fait en lui, car son visage, naturellement large et massif, était comme réduit et ratatiné, ses cheveux semblaient même avoir blanchi. Il entra avec une paresse et une léthargie qui étaient encore plus pénibles à voir que sa violence de la veille, et il tomba lourdement dans le fauteuil que je lui avançai.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle

Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes, de Arthur Conan Doyle