Newbie Question on Photograph Language

Hi
Another newbie question,probably a dumb one too
But here it is:
When people talk about aperture size or F stops, when they say a LARGER Aperture do they mean a large hole and a small f stop number or they mean a small hole but large aperture number?
Another newbie question,probably a dumb one too

When people talk about aperture size or F stops, when they say a LARGER Aperture do they mean a large hole and a small f stop number or they mean a small hole but large aperture number?