Titan

See also: titan, Títan, títan, Titán, and titán

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tīʹtən, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪtən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪtən
• Homophones: tighten, titan
• Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

Titan (plural Titans)

1. Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:Titan

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Titanean
• Titaness
• Titanian

• titanic
• titanium

Translations

mythological giant

• Arabic: تَايْتَان‎ m (tāytān)
• Catalan: Tità m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提坦 (Títǎn)

• Finnish: titaani (fi)
• French: Titan (fr) m
• Georgian: ტიტანი (ṭiṭani)
• German: Titan (de) m
• Greek: Τιτάνας (el) m (Titánas)

  Ancient: Τιτάν m (Titán)

• Hawaiian: Kaikana

• Hungarian: titán (hu)
• Italian: Titano (it)
• Japanese: チタン (ja) (Chitan), ティーターン (Tītān)
• Korean: 티탄 (ko) (titan)
• Polish: tytan (pl) m
• Portuguese: titã (pt) m
• Russian: Тита́н (ru) m (Titán)
• Serbo-Croatian: титан m (titan)
• Spanish: Titán (es)
• Swahili: Titani

Proper noun

Titan

The moon Titan

2. (Greek mythology) Another name for Helios, a personification of the Sun.
3. (astronomy) The largest moon of the planet Saturn.

Translations

moon of Saturn

• Arabic: تَايْتَان‎ m (tāytān)
• Asturian: Titán m
• Belarusian: Тыта́н m (Tytán)
• Bulgarian: Тита́н m (Titán)
• Catalan: Tità m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土衛六 (zh), 土卫六 (zh) (Tǔwèiliù), 泰坦 (zh) (Tàitǎn)

• Esperanto: Titano
• Finnish: Titan (fi)
• French: Titan (fr) m
• German: Titan (de) m
• Greek: Τιτάνας (el) m (Titánas)
• Hawaiian: Kaikana
• Hungarian: Titán (hu)

• Italian: Titano (it) m
• Japanese: タイタン (ja) (Taitan), ティタン (Titan)
• Korean: 타이탄 (taitan)
• Macedonian: Тита́н m (Titán)
• Mongolian: Титан (Titan)
• Polish: Tytan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Titã (pt) f
• Russian: Тита́н (ru) m (Titán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Титан m

  Roman: Titan m

• Spanish: Titán (es) m
• Ukrainian: Тита́н m (Tytán)

Anagrams

• 'taint, Nitta, nitta, taint, tinta

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈtaːn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

Latin Tītān (Tītānus), Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán)

Noun

Titan m (genitive Titans or Titanen, plural Titanen)

1. titan (giant)

Related terms

• titanisch

Etymology 2

Noun

Titan n (genitive Titans, no plural)

1. titanium

Coordinate terms

• (Chemical Element): Previous: Scandium. Next: Vanadium

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Japanese

Romanization

Titan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ティタン

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Luxembourgish

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: Scandium (Sc)
Next: Vanadium (V)

Noun

Titan ? (uncountable)

1. titanium