Godzilla
See also: Godzillą
English
Alternative forms
- Godzirra (evoking a Japanese accent)
Etymology
From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪlə
Proper noun
Godzilla
- A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films.
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?
Translations
Japanese science-fiction monster
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Noun
Godzilla (plural Godzillas)
- (figuratively) Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type.
- a Godzilla of a tower building
- 2009, P. J. O'Rourke, Peace Kills[2], Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
- Aren't we supposed to be a big, terrifying country, a Godzilla of capitalism wrecking the globe?
Derived terms
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Godzilla, from Japanese ゴジラ.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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Declension
Declension of Godzilla
Further reading
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