giantess

English

Etymology

From Middle English geauntesse, geaunesse, from Old French; equivalent to giant +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

(General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪəntɛs/

Noun

giantess (plural giantesses)

A female giant.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
  He spide far off a mighty Giauntesse / Fast flying, on a Courser dapled gray […]
- 1926, Enid Blyton, The Book of Brownies:
  The giantess picked him up and gave him such a squeeze that he felt he was going to choke.

Translations

female giant

French: géante (fr) f
Georgian: გოლიათი ქალი (goliati kali)
Irish: banfhathach m
Italian: gigantessa f
Latvian: milze f
Manx: caillagh foawragh f
Old Norse: gýgr f, íviðja f
Polish: gigantka f, olbrzymka (pl) f
Portuguese: giganta (pt) f
Romanian: uriașă (ro) f, gigantă f, zmeoaică (ro) f, zmeoaie (ro) f
Swedish: jättinna (sv) c

Anagrams

eastings, genistas, seatings, teasings, tsiganes

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