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.

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
• Russian: гигантский (ru) (gigántskij)

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))