gigant

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Czech

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɪɡant]
  • Hyphenation: gi‧gant

Noun

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gigant m anim

  1. giant (mythical being of superhuman size or a very tall or mighty person)

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Noun

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gigant m inan or m anim

  1. giant (very large company or organisation)

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  • In older dictionaries, this meaning is exclusively inanimate, but animate uses have been gaining ground.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, plural gigantes: giant).

Noun

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gigant m (definite singular giganten, indefinite plural giganter, definite plural gigantene)

  1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
  2. a giant (very large company or organisation)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, plural gigantes: giant).

Noun

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gigant m (definite singular giganten, indefinite plural gigantar, definite plural gigantane)

  1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
  2. a giant (very large company or organisation)

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡiː.ɡɑnt/, [ˈɡiː.ɣɑnt]

Noun

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gīgant m

  1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
    Synonym: ent

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Gigantēs.

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Noun

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gigant m pers

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) giant (Greek mythological creature)
  2. giant (person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual)
    Synonym: tytan

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gigant m inan

  1. giant (large object)
  2. (slang) act of fleeing from home or other permanent residence
  3. (slang) roaming (instance of wandering)
    Synonym: włóczęga

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adjective
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adverb
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Further reading

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  • gigant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gigant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian gigante, from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, giant).

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gigant m (plural giganți)

  1. giant

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡǐɡant/
  • Hyphenation: gi‧gant

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gìgant m (Cyrillic spelling гѝгант)

  1. giant

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Swedish

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gigant c

  1. a giant (from Greek mythology)
  2. (figuratively) a giant (prominent person, something large, etc.)
    en litterär gigant
    a literary giant
    en gigant bland giganter
    a giant among giants

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