gigant

See also: Gigant

Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɪɡant]
  • Hyphenation: gi‧gant

Noun

gigant m

  1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size or a very tall or mighty person)
  2. a giant (very large company or organisation)

Declension

(mythical human)

(large organisation)


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, plural gigantes: giant).

Noun

gigant m (definite singular giganten, indefinite plural giganter, definite plural gigantene)

  1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
  2. a giant (very large company or organisation)

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, plural gigantes: giant).

Noun

gigant m (definite singular giganten, indefinite plural gigantar, definite plural gigantane)

  1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
  2. a giant (very large company or organisation)

Derived terms

References


Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gigantēs, from Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡi.ɡant/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡant
  • Syllabification: gi‧gant
  • Homophone: Gigant

Noun

gigant m pers

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) giant (Greek mythological creature)
  2. giant (person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual)
    Synonym: tytan

Declension

Noun

gigant m inan

  1. giant (large object)
  2. (slang) act of fleeing from home or other permanent residence
  3. (slang) roaming (instance of wandering)
    Synonym: włóczęga

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
adverb
noun
  • gigantyczność

Further reading

  • gigant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gigant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Italian gigante, from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, giant).

Noun

gigant m (plural giganți)

  1. giant

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǐɡant/
  • Hyphenation: gi‧gant

Noun

gìgant m (Cyrillic spelling гѝгант)

  1. giant

Declension


Swedish

Noun

gigant c

  1. a giant (from Greek mythology)
  2. (figuratively) a giant (prominent person, something large, etc.)
    en litterär gigant
    a literary giant

Declension

Declension of gigant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gigant giganten giganter giganterna
Genitive gigants gigantens giganters giganternas

See also

References

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