leviathan

See also: léviathan and Leviathan

English

Behemoth and Leviathan, by William Blake

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew (Biblical and Modern) לִוְיָתָן (“leviathan; whale”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lə-vī'ə-thən, IPA^(key): /lə.ˈvaɪ.ə.θən/
• Rhymes: -aɪəθən

Adjective

leviathan (not comparable)

1. Very large; gargantuan.

Translations

very large; gargantuan

• Bulgarian: огро́мен (bg) (ogrómen)
• Finnish: valtava (fi), jättiläismäinen (fi), jättimäinen (fi), suunnaton (fi)
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• French: léviathanique (fr)
• Russian: огро́мный (ru) (ogrómnyj), грома́дный (ru) (gromádnyj)

Noun

leviathan (plural leviathans)

1. (biblical) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.
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2. Something large; behemoth.

   That man was a leviathan! He took up a whole row of seats at the theatre.

Translations

Biblical sea monster

• Arabic: لَوِيَاثَان (lawiyāṯān)
• Bulgarian: левиата́н m (leviatán)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利維坦／利维坦 (lìwéitǎn), 利维坦 (lìwéitǎn), 鯤／鲲 (zh) (kūn), 鲲 (zh) (kūn)

• Esperanto: levjatano
• Estonian: leviaatan
• Finnish: leviatan
• French: léviathan (fr) m
• German: Leviathan (de) m, Meerungeheuer n
• Greek:

  Ancient: Λευιαθάν m (Leuiathán)

• Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן (he) m (livyatán)
• Ido: leviatano (io)
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• Italian: leviatano (it) m
• Japanese: レヴィアタン (reviatan)
• Korean: 레비아탄 (rebiatan)
• Persian: لویاتان (laveyâtân), لوتان (lavetân)
• Portuguese: leviatã
• Russian: левиафа́н (ru) m (leviafán), чу́до-ю́до (ru) n (čúdo-júdo) (Slavic mythology)
• Spanish: leviatán (es) m
• Swedish: Leviatan (sv) c
• Tamil: லெவியாதன் (leviyātaṉ)
• Thai: เลวีอาธาน
• Yiddish: לוויתן m (levyosn)

See also

• enormous
• giant
• ginormous