gargantuan

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)ˌɡæn.tjʊu.æn/, /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)ˌɡænt.jʊuæn/

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Etymology

From Gargantua, a giant with a very large appetite in Rabelais's The Inestimable Life of Gargantua. From Garagantesi, from Egyptian

Adjective

gargantuan (comparative more gargantuan, superlative most gargantuan)

1. (obsolete) Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.
2. Huge; immense; tremendous.
3. Of a tremendous size, volume, degree, etc.

Synonyms

• colossal
• enormous
• giant
• huge
• humongous, humungous
• immense
• See also Wikisaurus:gigantic

Translations

of the giant Gargantua or his appetite

French: gargantuesque (fr)

huge

Dutch: immens (nl) Finnish: valtava (fi), jättiläismäinen (fi), jättimäinen (fi), suunnaton (fi)

French: gargantuesque (fr) Indonesian: besar, raksasa, luar biasa

References

• (etymology) Gourd, Pumpkin. See Budge Ref, p 803A; (from 'Rev 12'--Revue Egyptologique publiee sous la direction de MM Brugsch, F Chabas, and Eug. Revillout (vol I-XIV))