titan

See also: Titan, Títan, títan, Titán, titán, and tǐtán

English

Etymology

From Titan.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tīʹtən, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪtən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtən
• Homophones: tighten, Titan
• Rhymes: -aɪtɪn

Noun

titan (plural titans)

1. Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:

     The battle of the titans at the bridal door explodes into the marketplace; and wall and doorpost shatter as they fight with the fury of bulls.

   • 2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian:

     In that context Scotland's fate is a modest element, a symptom of wider fragmentation of the current global order, a footnote to the fall of empire and the Berlin Wall, important to us and punchdrunk neighbours like France and Italy, a mere curiosity to emerging titans like Brazil.

   • 2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Whitney, mother of Xavier, is a real estate titan who, along with her British husband, has found her niche selling luxurious underground bunkers to wealthy clients looking for a safe space to hunker down in the event of a climate apocalypse.

Derived terms

terms derived from titan (noun)

• titan arum
• titanic
• titanium
• titan primary
• titan primary school

Translations

something or someone large in stature, greatness or godliness

• Azerbaijani: div
• Bulgarian: тита́н (bg) m (titán)
• Catalan: tità (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨人 (zh) (jùrén)

• Esperanto: titano (eo)
• French: titan (fr) m
• German: Titan (de) m
• Japanese: 巨人 (ja) (きょじん, kyojin), タイタン (ja) (taitan)
• Portuguese: titã (pt) m
• Russian: тита́н (ru) m (titán), исполи́н (ru) m (ispolín)
• Spanish: titán (es) m
• Swedish: bjässe (sv) c

Anagrams

• 'taint, Nitta, Tanit, nitta, taint, tinta

Czech

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skandium (Ca)
Next: vanad (V)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪtan]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

titan m inan

1. titanium

Declension

Declension of titan (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	titan	titany
genitive	titanu	titanů
dative	titanu	titanům
accusative	titan	titany
vocative	titane	titany
locative	titanu	titanech
instrumental	titanem	titany

Further reading

• “titan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “titan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “titan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: scandium (Sc)
Next: vanadium (V)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Noun

titan c or n (singular definite titanen or titanet, not used in plural form)

1. (Greek, mythology) the Titans
   1. (by extension) a strong, determined and rebellious person
2. (chemistry) titanium

   Synonym: titanium

Declension

Declension of titan

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	titan	titanen	titaner	titanerne
genitive	titans	titanens	titaners	titanernes

(definition 1)

Declension of titan

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	titan	titanet
genitive	titans	titanets

(definition 2)

References

• “titan” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.tɑ̃/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃
• Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

titan m (plural titans)

1. titan
2. titan beetle

Further reading

• “titan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Miskito

Noun

titan

1. morning

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)

1. titanium (chemical element, symbol Ti)

References

“titan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)

1. titanium (as above)

References

• “titan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈtan/
• Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: scandiu (Sc)
Next: vanadiu (V)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French titane.

Noun

titan n (uncountable)

1. titanium (chemical element)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	titan	titanul
genitive-dative	titan	titanului
vocative	titanule

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French titan.

Noun

titan m (plural titani)

1. titan

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	titan	titanul		titani	titanii
genitive-dative	titan	titanului		titani	titanilor
vocative	titanule			titanilor

References

• “titan”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Slovene

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skándij (Sc)
Next: vanádij (V)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /titáːn/

Noun

titȃn m inan

1. titanium

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	titán
genitive	titána
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	titán
genitive (rodȋlnik)	titána
dative (dajȃlnik)	titánu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	titán
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	titánu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	titánom

Further reading

• “titan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “titan”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swedish

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skandium (Sc)
Next: vanadin (V)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪˈtɑːn/

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Noun

titan c

1. (mythology) Titan; giant god
2. a titan, a giant, a great or important person
   1. (specifically) a nickname for August Strindberg

Declension

Declension of titan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	titan	titans
	definite	titanen	titanens
plural	indefinite	titaner	titaners
	definite	titanerna	titanernas

Etymology 2

German Titan (or Latin titanium), named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth after the Greek mythological Titans (as Etymology 1).

Noun

titan n

1. titanium

Declension

Declension of titan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	titan	titans
	definite	titanet	titanets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• titan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• titan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• titan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• tinat

Turkish

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skandiyum (Li)
Next: vanadyum (V)

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard) titanyum

Etymology

Borrowed from French titane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [titán]
• Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

titan (definite accusative titanı, plural titanlar)

1. titanium (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of titan

	singular	plural
nominative	titan	titanlar
definite accusative	titanı	titanları
dative	titana	titanlara
locative	titanda	titanlarda
ablative	titandan	titanlardan
genitive	titanın	titanların

Synonyms

• titanyum

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: scanđi (Sc)
Next: vanađi (V)

Etymology

From French titane, from German Titan.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ti˧˧ taːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧ taːn˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɪj˧˧ taːn˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ti tań

Noun

titan

1. titanium