see|Giant
English
Etymology
Via Middle English from Old French, ultimately from Latin gigas; compare French géant
Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ�nt|-aɪ�nt
:Hyphenation: gi·ant
Noun
en-noun
- A mythical human of very great size
- mythology Specifically, any of the Gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
- A very tall person.
- astronomy A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (eg. red giant, blue giant).
- computing An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
Translations
trans-top|mythical human
Croatian: div m
Czech: obr m
Dutch: reus m
Faroese: risi m
Finnish: jättiläinen
French: géant m
German: Riese m
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Hebrew: × ×¤×�×� m
Hungarian: óriás
Italian: gigante m, colosso m
Japanese: 巨人 (����, kyojin)
Serbian: div, orijaš
Slovene: velikan m, orjak m
Spanish: gigante
Swedish: jätte c
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trans-top|Greek mythological creature
Finnish: gigantti
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trans-top|very tall person
Czech: obr m
Faroese: risi m
Finnish: jättiläinen
Hebrew: ×¢× ×§ m
Italian: colosso m
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Japanese: 巨人
Serbian: div, gorostas
Slovene: velikan m, orjak m
Swedish: jätte c
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trans-top|luminous star
Czech: obr m
Finnish: jättiläinen, jättiläistähti
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Adjective
giant (no compar or superl)
- Very large.
Synonyms
colossal
enormous
gigantic
immense
prodigious
vast
Translations
trans-top|giant
Czech: obÅ�Ã, obrovský
Dutch: reusachtig, reuzen- (in compounds)
German: riesig
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Slovene: ogromen m, orjaški m, gromozanski m, velikanski m, ogromna f, orjaška f, gromozanska f, velikanska f, ogromno n, orjaško n, gromozansko n, velikansko n
Swedish: jättelik, enorm, jättestor (esp. used by children)
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Derived terms
giantess
giantism
Category:Greek derivations
el:giant
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id:giant
it:giant
hu:giant
pl:giant
ru:giant
simple:giant
fi:giant
ta:giant
te:giant
vi:giant
zh:giant
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