gigant

See also: Gigant

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪɡant]
• Hyphenation: gi‧gant

Noun

gigant m anim

1. giant (mythical being of superhuman size or a very tall or mighty person)

Declension

Declension of gigant (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	gigant	giganti
genitive	giganta	gigantů
dative	gigantovi, gigantu	gigantům
accusative	giganta	giganty
vocative	gigante	giganti
locative	gigantovi, gigantu	gigantech
instrumental	gigantem	giganty

Noun

gigant m inan or m anim

1. giant (very large company or organisation)

Usage notes

• In older dictionaries, this meaning is exclusively inanimate, but animate uses have been gaining ground.

Declension

Declension of gigant (hard masculine inanimate // hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	gigant	giganty, giganti
genitive	gigantu, giganta	gigantů
dative	gigantu, gigantovi	gigantům
accusative	gigant, giganta	giganty
vocative	gigante	giganty, giganti
locative	gigantu, gigantovi	gigantech
instrumental	gigantem	giganty

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Noun

gigant c (singular definite giganten, plural indefinite giganter)

1. (Greek mythology) a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
2. (figurative) a giant (very large animal, human, organisation etc.)

   Synonyms: kæmpe, mastodont

Declension

Declension of gigant

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gigant	giganten	giganter	giganterne
genitive	gigants	gigantens	giganters	giganternes

Derived terms

• gigantisk
• gigantisme

References

• “gigant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “plural gigantes: giant”).

Noun

gigant m (definite singular giganten, indefinite plural giganter, definite plural gigantene)

1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
2. a giant (very large company or organisation)

Derived terms

• gigantisk

References

• “gigant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “plural gigantes: giant”).

Noun

gigant m (definite singular giganten, indefinite plural gigantar, definite plural gigantane)

1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
2. a giant (very large company or organisation)

Derived terms

• gigantisk

References

• “gigant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiː.ɡɑnt/, [ˈɡiː.ɣɑnt]

Noun

gīgant m

1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)

   Synonym: ent

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	gīgant	gīgantas
accusative	gīgant	gīgantas
genitive	gīgantes	gīganta
dative	gīgante	gīgantum

Derived terms

• gīgantmæċġ

Polish

Alternative forms

• Gigant

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Gigantēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.ɡant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iɡant
• Syllabification: gi‧gant
• Homophone: Gigant

Noun

gigant m pers

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) giant (Greek mythological creature)
2. giant (person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual)

   Synonym: tytan

Declension

Declension of gigant

	singular	plural
nominative	gigant	giganci/giganty (deprecative)
genitive	giganta	gigantów
dative	gigantowi	gigantom
accusative	giganta	gigantów
instrumental	gigantem	gigantami
locative	gigancie	gigantach
vocative	gigancie	giganci

Noun

gigant m inan

1. giant (large object)
2. (slang) act of fleeing from home or other permanent residence
3. (slang) roaming (instance of wandering)

   Synonym: włóczęga

Declension

Declension of gigant

	singular	plural
nominative	gigant	giganty
genitive	gigantu	gigantów
dative	gigantowi	gigantom
accusative	gigant	giganty
instrumental	gigantem	gigantami
locative	gigancie	gigantach
vocative	gigancie	giganty

Derived terms

adjective

• gigantyczny

nouns

• gigantyzacja
• gigantyzm

Related terms

adverb

• gigantycznie

noun

• gigantyczność

Further reading

• “gigant”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “gigant”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gigante, from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).

Noun

gigant m (plural giganți)

1. giant

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gigant	gigantul	giganți	giganții
genitive-dative	gigant	gigantului	giganți	giganților
vocative	gigantule		giganților

Related terms

• gigantesc
• gigantic
• gigantism
• gigantomahie

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǐɡant/
• Hyphenation: gi‧gant

Noun

gìgant m anim (Cyrillic spelling гѝгант)

1. giant

Declension

Declension of gigant

	singular	plural
nominative	gigant	giganti
genitive	giganta	gìganātā
dative	gigantu	gigantima
accusative	giganta	gigante
vocative	gigante	giganti
locative	gigantu	gigantima
instrumental	gigantom	gigantima

Swedish

Noun

gigant c

1. a giant (from Greek mythology)
2. (figuratively) a giant (prominent person, something large, etc.)

   en litterär gigant

   a literary giant

   en gigant bland giganter

   a giant among giants

Declension

Declension of gigant

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gigant	gigants
	definite	giganten	gigantens
plural	indefinite	giganter	giganters
	definite	giganterna	giganternas

Related terms

• gigantisk (“gigantic”)

See also

• jätte

References

• “gigant”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “gigant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “gigant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)