titan

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See also: Titan, Títan, títan, Titán, titán, and tǐtán

English

Etymology

From Titan.

Pronunciation

Noun

titan (plural titans)

  1. Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:
      The battle of the titans at the bridal door explodes into the marketplace; and wall and doorpost shatter as they fight with the fury of bulls.
    • 2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian:
      In that context Scotland's fate is a modest element, a symptom of wider fragmentation of the current global order, a footnote to the fall of empire and the Berlin Wall, important to us and punchdrunk neighbours like France and Italy, a mere curiosity to emerging titans like Brazil.
    • 2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times:
      Whitney, mother of Xavier, is a real estate titan who, along with her British husband, has found her niche selling luxurious underground bunkers to wealthy clients looking for a safe space to hunker down in the event of a climate apocalypse.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skandium (Ca)
Next: vanad (V)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

titan m inan

  1. titanium

Declension

Further reading

  • titan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • titan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

Noun

titan m (plural titans)

  1. titan
  2. titan beetle

Further reading

Miskito

Noun

titan

  1. morning

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Noun

titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)

  1. titanium (chemical element, symbol Ti)

References

“titan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)

  1. titanium (as above)

References

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈtan/
  • Hyphenation: ti‧tan
Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro
Chemical element
Ti
Previous: scandiu (Sc)
Next: vanadiu (V)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French titane.

Noun

titan n (uncountable)

  1. titanium (chemical element)
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French titan.

Noun

titan m (plural titani)

  1. titan
Declension
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative titan titanul titani titanii
genitive-dative titan titanului titani titanilor
vocative titanule titanilor

References

Slovene

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skándij (Sc)
Next: vanádij (V)

Pronunciation

Noun

titȃn m inan

  1. titanium

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative titán
genitive titána
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
titán
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
titána
dative
(dajȃlnik)
titánu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
titán
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
titánu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
titánom

Further reading

  • titan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skandium (Sc)
Next: vanadin (V)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Noun

titan c

  1. (mythology) Titan; giant god
  2. a titan, a giant, a great or important person
    1. (specifically) a nickname for August Strindberg
Declension

Etymology 2

German Titan (or Latin titanium), named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth after the Greek mythological Titans (as Etymology 1).

Noun

titan n

  1. titanium
Declension

References

Anagrams

Turkish

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skandiyum (Li)
Next: vanadyum (V)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French titane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

titan (definite accusative titanı, plural titanlar)

  1. titanium (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative titan
Definite accusative titanı
Singular Plural
Nominative titan titanlar
Definite accusative titanı titanları
Dative titana titanlara
Locative titanda titanlarda
Ablative titandan titanlardan
Genitive titanın titanların

Synonyms

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: scanđi (Sc)
Next: vanađi (V)

Etymology

From French titane, from German Titan.

Pronunciation

Noun

titan

  1. titanium