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gi·ant

(jī′ənt)

a. A person or thing of great size.

b. A person or thing of extraordinary power, significance, or importance: a giant in the field of physics; automotive industry giants.

a. Greek Mythology One of a race of humanlike beings of enormous strength and stature who were destroyed in battle with the Olympians.

b. A being in folklore or myth similar to one of these beings.

3. A gymnastic maneuver in which the body is swung, fully extended, around a horizontal bar.

adj.

Marked by exceptionally great size, magnitude, or power: a giant wave; a giant impact.

[Middle English, from Old French geant, jaiant, from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, from Greek.]

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giant

(ˈdʒaɪənt)

1. a mythical figure of superhuman size and strength, esp in folklore or fairy tales. Also (feminine): giantess

2. a person or thing of exceptional size, reputation, etc: a giant in nuclear physics.

3. (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth any of the large and powerful offspring of Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth) who rebelled against the Olympian gods but were defeated in battle

4. (Pathology) pathol a person suffering from gigantism

5. (Astronomy) astronomy See giant star

6. (Mining & Quarrying) mining another word for monitor⁸

adj

7. remarkably or supernaturally large

8. (Architecture) architect another word for colossal

[C13: from Old French geant, from Vulgar Latin gagās (unattested), from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Greek]

ˈgiant-ˌlike adj

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gi•ant

(ˈdʒaɪ ənt)

n.

1. (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size and strength.

2. a person or thing of unusually great size or power.

3. a person or thing of extraordinary importance, achievement, etc.: one of the giants of aviation.

adj.

4. unusually large; gigantic; huge.

5. of extraordinary power, importance, or achievement.

[1250–1300; Middle English geant < Old French < Latin gigant-, s. of gigās < Greek Gígās member of a mythical race of gigantic beings]

gi′ant•like`, adj.

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Noun	1.	giant - any creature of exceptional size animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
	2.	giant - a person of exceptional importance and reputation titan, behemoth, colossus, heavyweight important person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
	3.	giant - an unusually large enterprise; "Walton built a retail giant" enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader"
	4.	giant - a very large person; impressive in size or qualities hulk, whale, heavyweight large person - a person of greater than average size
	5.	giant - someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful behemoth, colossus, goliath, monster unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual
	6.	giant - an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction Argus - (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes Cyclops - (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead giantess - a female giant ogre - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings Jotun, Jotunn - (Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir Mimir - (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom
	7.	giant - a very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) giant star star - (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
Adj.	1.	giant - of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" elephantine, gargantuan, jumbo big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

giant

adjective

1. huge, great, large, vast, enormous, extensive, tremendous, immense, titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monumental, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) a giant oak table a giant step towards unification
huge tiny, miniature, dwarf, Lilliputian, pygmy or pigmy

noun

1. ogre, monster, titan, colossus, leviathan, behemoth a Nordic saga of giants and monsters

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giant

noun

One that is extraordinarily large and powerful:

behemoth, Goliath, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monster, titan.

Slang: whopper.

adjective

Of extraordinary size and power:

Informal: walloping.

Slang: whopping.

Translations

مارِد جَسِيمشَخْص عِمْلاق، عَظيم جداضَخْمعِمْلاق

obrobrovskýobří

kæmpekæmpe-kæmpestorkapacitetgigant

Riese riesig Riesin Genie Gigant

γίγαντας γιγαντιαίος

giganto

gigante gigantesco descomunal as coloso

jättiläinenjättiläismäinenjättiläistähtigigantti

géant géante gigantesque énorme

נפיל

divdivovski

óriás

risa-risistórmenni

gigante gigantesco orco colosso

巨人巨大な

거대한거인

didis žmogusmilžinas

gara milzisgigantisksmilzīgsmilzis

reus gigantisch

kjempe kjempestor åndsgigant gigant

olbrzym olbrzymi

gigante

гигант гигантский огромный великан верзила

velikanvelikanskiorjak

jättejätte-

ยักษ์ใหญ่สูงใหญ่

dev dev gibidev gibi biriiri yarı kişiçok büyük

công ty lớnkhổng lồ

巨人巨大的庞大的伟人大汉

giant

[ˈdʒaɪənt]

A. N

1. (physically) → gigante/a m/f

2. (fig) (in importance, power) → gigante m
Sol, the computer giant → Sol, líder en ordenadores
he was a giant among actors → como actor fue un coloso

B. ADJ [tree, star] → gigantesco; [animal, insect, bird, plant] → gigante; [portion] → gigantesco, enorme; [packet] → gigante, familiar; [strides] → de gigante

C. CPD giant panda N → panda mf gigante
giant slalom N → slalom m gigante

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

giant

[ˈdʒaɪənt]

(in story) → géant(e) m/f

(= big company) → géant(e) m

(= outstanding figure) → géant(e) m/f
a giant of opera → un géant de l'opéra

adj → géant(e), énorme
They ate a giant meal → Ils ont mangé un énorme repas. giant size

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

giant

n → Riese m; (= star also) → Riesenstern m; (fig) → (führende) Größe; (= company) → Gigant m; a giant of a man → ein Riese (von einem Mann); football giant → Fußballass nt, → (führende) Größe im Fußball; insurance/publishing giant → Großversicherung f → /-verlag m; one of the giants in his field → einer der Großen auf seinem Gebiet; the giant of opera, Luciano Pavarotti → der Gigant der Oper, Luciano Pavarotti

adj (= huge) → riesig, riesenhaft, Riesen-; hill → enorm; (in animal names) → Riesen-; giant(-size) packet → Riesenpackung f; giant tortoise → Riesenschildkröte f

giant

giant killer

n (fig) → Goliathbezwinger(in) m(f)

giant-killing (fig)

n → Goliathbezwingung f

adj attr Spain’s giant French Open champion → der spanische Favoritenschreck und French-Open-Gewinner

giant panda

n → Großer Panda, Riesenpanda m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

giant

[ˈdʒaɪənt]

1. n → gigante/essa (fig) → gigante m, colosso

2. adj (fern, panda) → gigante; (strides) → da gigante
giant (size) packet → confezione f gigante

giant

(ˈdʒaiənt) – feminine ˈgiantess – noun

1. (in fairy stories etc) a huge person. Jack met a giant when he climbed the beanstalk.

2. a person of unusually great height and size.

3. a person of very great ability or importance. Einstein is one of the giants of twentieth-century science.

adjective

of unusually great height or size. a giant cod; a giant fern.

giant

→ جَسِيم, مارِد obr, obrovský kæmpe, kæmpestor Riese, riesig γίγαντας, γιγαντιαίος gigante, gigantesco jättiläinen, jättiläismäinen géant div, divovski gigante 巨人, 巨大な 거대한, 거인 gigantisch, reus kjempe, kjempestor olbrzym, olbrzymi gigante гигант, огромный jätte, jätte- ยักษ์ใหญ่, สูงใหญ่ dev, dev gibi công ty lớn, khổng lồ 巨人, 庞大的

giant

a. gigante, de un tamaño grande anormal;

___ cell → célula ___;

___ cell tumor → tumor de células ___ -s.

giant

adj gigante

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Why, if Mother Earth had not been very kind to ourselves, we might all have been Giants too."

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'What becomes of old giants?' said Short, turning to him again after a little reflection.

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This frightful shock seemed to restore Porthos the strength that he had lost; he arose, a giant among granite giants.

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He used to say the Cid Ruy Diaz was a very good knight, but that he was not to be compared with the Knight of the Burning Sword who with one back-stroke cut in half two fierce and monstrous giants. He thought more of Bernardo del Carpio because at Roncesvalles he slew Roland in spite of enchantments, availing himself of the artifice of Hercules when he strangled Antaeus the son of Terra in his arms.

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Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant's garden.

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I think it will be best to run by the Giant's cave as fast as we can go.

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The sun was setting when a loud noise aroused us, the door of the hall was violently burst open and a horrible giant entered.

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"Can he think, and speak, as you do?" asked Ozma, regarding the giant with wondering eyes.

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Then he rode onward with the dead giant's companion, the lady Duessa, whom he believed to be good because he was "too simple and too true" to know her wicked.

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"Three!" roared the giant smiting at him instantly.

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