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Galician
Adjective
gigante m or f (plural gigantes, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xigante
Further reading
- “gigante” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɡan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: gi‧gàn‧te
Adjective
gigante (plural giganti)
- (relational) giant; huge, gigantic, colossal
- Synonyms: enorme, gigantesco, colossale
Noun
gigante m (plural giganti, feminine gigantessa)
- giant
- Synonym: colosso
- Antonym: nano
Derived terms
Latin
Noun
gigante
- ablative singular of gigāns
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
- Hyphenation: gi‧gan‧te
Adjective
gigante m or f (plural gigantes)
- huge; gigantic
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grande
Antonyms
Noun
gigante m (plural gigantes, feminine giganta, feminine plural gigantas)
- giant (mythical human)
- (sometimes offensive) giant (a very tall person)
- Synonym: (Brazil, offensive) poste
- Antonyms: anão, baixinho, nanico, duende
- giant (one of the Gigantes of Greek mythology)
Derived terms
Further reading
Sardinian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gigante (plural gigantes)
- huge, giant, gigantic
Noun
gigante m (plural gigantes)
- giant
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”). Cognate with English giant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xiˈɡante/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: gi‧gan‧te
Adjective
gigante m or f (masculine and feminine plural gigantes)
- giant, gigantic
Noun
gigante m (plural gigantes, feminine giganta, feminine plural gigantas)
- giant
- juggernaut
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading