gigant

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Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gigant m anim

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

Declension

Noun

gigant m inan or m anim

  1. giant (very large company or organisation)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Noun

gigant c (singular definite giganten, plural indefinite giganter)

  1. (Greek mythology) a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
    1. (figurative) a giant (very large animal, human, organisation etc.)
      Synonyms: kæmpe, mastodont

Declension

Declension of gigant
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gigant giganten giganter giganterne
genitive gigants gigantens giganters giganternes

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

Noun

gīgant m

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

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Gigantēs.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

Noun

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

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

gigant m (plural giganți)

  1. giant

Declension

Declension of gigant
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative gigant gigantul giganți giganții
genitive-dative gigant gigantului giganți giganților
vocative gigantule giganților

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gìgant m (Cyrillic spelling гѝгант)

  1. giant

Declension

Declension of gigant
singular plural
nominative gigant giganti
genitive giganta gìganātā
dative gigantu gigantima
accusative giganta gigante
vocative gigante giganti
locative gigantu gigantima
instrumental gigantom gigantima

Swedish

Noun

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

Declension

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