gigante

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See also: Gigante

Galician

Adjective

gigante m or f (plural gigantes, reintegrationist norm)

  1. 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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: gi‧gàn‧te

Adjective

gigante (plural giganti)

  1. (relational) giant; huge, gigantic, colossal
    Synonyms: enorme, gigantesco, colossale

Noun

gigante m (plural giganti, feminine gigantessa)

  1. giant
    Synonym: colosso
    Antonym: nano

Derived terms

Latin

Noun

gigante

  1. ablative singular of gigāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, giant).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

gigante m or f (plural gigantes)

  1. huge; gigantic
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grande

Antonyms

Noun

gigante m (plural gigantes, feminine giganta, feminine plural gigantas)

  1. giant (mythical human)
  2. (sometimes offensive) giant (a very tall person)
    Synonym: (Brazil, offensive) poste
    Antonyms: anão, baixinho, nanico, duende
  3. giant (one of the Gigantes of Greek mythology)

Derived terms

Further reading

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, giant).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gigante (plural gigantes)

  1. huge, giant, gigantic

Noun

gigante m (plural gigantes)

  1. 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)

  1. giant, gigantic

Noun

gigante m (plural gigantes, feminine giganta, feminine plural gigantas)

  1. giant
  2. juggernaut

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: higante
  • Tagalog: higante

Further reading