gigantic

English

Alternative forms

• gigantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gígas, “giant”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jī-găn'tĭk, IPA^(key): /dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
• Rhymes: -æntɪk

Adjective

gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)

1. Very large.
2. In the manner of a giant.

Synonyms

• gigantesque
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

• gigantism

Related terms

• giant

Translations

very large

• Arabic: ضخم, هائل
• Breton: ramzel (br)
• Bulgarian: гигантски (bg) (gigantski), колосален (bg) (kolosalen), огромен (bg) (ogromen)
• Catalan: gegantí, gegantesc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨大 (zh) (jùdà)

• Czech: obrovský (cs) m, obří (cs)
• Danish: gigantisk
• Dutch: gigantisch (nl)
• Esperanto: giganta
• Finnish: jättiläismäinen (fi), jättimäinen (fi)
• French: gigantesque (fr)
• Galician: xigante, xigantesco
• Georgian: ვებერთელა (vebertela), უზარმაზარი (uzarmazari), გიგანტური (giganṭuri), უშველებელი (ušvelebeli)
• German: gigantisch (de)
• Greek: γιγάντειος (el) (gigánteios), πελώριος (el) (pelórios)

  Ancient: κολοσσικός (kolossikós), κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos)

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• Hungarian: gigászi (hu), gigantikus (hu)
• Ido: giganta (io)
• Italian: gigantesco (it)
• Japanese: 巨大な (きょだいな kyodaina)
• Latin: colossēus
• Latvian: gigantisks, milzīgs
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gigantisk, kjempestor (no)

  Nynorsk: gigantisk, kjempestor

• Persian: غول‌آسا (fa) (ğul-âsâ)
• Polish: gigantyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: gigantesco (pt)
• Rapa Nui: nui nui
• Romanian: uriaș (ro), gigantic (ro)
• Russian: гига́нтский (ru) (gigántskij), грома́дный (ru) (gromádnyj)
• Spanish: gigante (es), gigantesco (es)
• Swedish: gigantisk (sv), jättestor (sv)
• Tagalog: higante