Godzilla
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See also: Godzillą
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Godzirra (evoking a Japanese accent)
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Phonetic shift?”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑdˈzɪlə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/
- Rhymes: -ɪlə
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
Japanese science-fiction monster
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Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Godzilla, from Japanese ゴジラ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Godzilla m animal
- Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Godzilla
Further reading[edit]
- Godzilla in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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