Godzilla

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See also: Godzillą

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).

The phonetic shift from Goji- to Godzi- was probably to imply relation to the word God. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Godzilla

  1. A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films.
    • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
      What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?

Translations

Noun

Godzilla (plural Godzillas)

  1. (figuratively) Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type.
    a Godzilla of a tower building
    • 2009, P. J. O'Rourke, Peace Kills‎, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
      Aren't we supposed to be a big, terrifying country, a Godzilla of capitalism wrecking the globe?

Derived terms

Further reading

Polish

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Godzilla

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English Godzilla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔˈd͡ʑil.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Syllabification: Go‧dzil‧la

Proper noun

Godzilla m animal

  1. Godzilla (fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films)

Declension

Declension of Godzilla
singular
nominative Godzilla
genitive Godzilli
dative Godzilli
accusative Godzillę
instrumental Godzillą
locative Godzilli
vocative Godzillo

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