leviathan

English

Behemoth and Leviathan, by William Blake

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Hebrew (Biblical and Modern) לִוְיָתָן (“whale”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lə-vī'ə-thən, IPA: /lə.ˈvaɪ.ə.θən/, X-SAMPA: /l@"vaI@T@n/

  Rhymes: -aɪəθən

Adjective

leviathan (not comparable)

1. Very large; gargantuan.

Translations

very large; gargantuan

• Bulgarian: огромен (bg) (ogromen)
• Finnish: valtava (fi), jättiläismäinen (fi), jättimäinen (fi), suunnaton (fi)

• French: léviathanique (fr)
• German: Leviathan (de) n

Noun

leviathan (plural leviathans)

1. (biblical) A large sea monster which guards the gates of hell at the bottom of the sea.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Job 41:1

     Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

2. Something large; behemoth.

   That man was a leviathan! He took up a whole row of seats at the theatre.

Translations

Biblical sea monster

• Esperanto: levjatano (eo)
• Finnish: leviatan (fi)
• Italian: leviatano (it) m

• Spanish: leviatán (es) m

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• Bulgarian: левиатан m
• French: léviathan m

• Italian: leviatano m
• Russian: левиафан (ru) (leviafán) m
• Spanish: leviatán

See also

• enormous
• giant