gigante

See also: Gigante

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish gigante (“giant”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gi‧gan‧te

Noun

gigante

1. giant

Galician

Adjective

gigante m or f (plural gigantes, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xigante

Further reading

• “gigante”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɡan.te/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: gi‧gàn‧te

Adjective

gigante m or f by sense (plural giganti)

1. (relational) giant; huge, gigantic, colossal

   Synonyms: enorme, gigantesco, colossale

Noun

gigante m (plural giganti, feminine gigantessa)

1. giant

   Synonym: colosso

   Antonym: nano

Derived terms

• giganteggiare
• gigantesco
• gigantismo
• gigantista
• gigantografia
• gigantomachia
• ingigantire
• slalom gigante
• subgigante

Latin

Noun

gigante

1. ablative singular of gigāns

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiː.ɡɑn.te/, [ˈɡiː.ɣɑn.te]

Noun

gīgante

1. dative singular of gīgant

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [ʒiˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [ʒiˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒiˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: gi‧gan‧te

Adjective

gigante m or f (plural gigantes)

1. huge; gigantic

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grande

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:grande

Noun

gigante m (plural gigantes, feminine giganta, feminine plural gigantas)

1. giant (mythical human)
2. (sometimes offensive) giant (a very tall person)

   Synonym: (Brazil, offensive) poste

   Antonyms: anão, baixinho, nanico, duende

3. giant (one of the Gigantes of Greek mythology)

Derived terms

• gigantear
• gigânteo
• gigantesco
• gigantice
• gigantismo

Further reading

• “gigante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gigante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• ghigante

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈɡante/

Adjective

gigante (plural gigantes)

1. huge, giant, gigantic

Noun

gigante m (plural gigantes)

1. giant

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas)der.

Latin gigās, gigantemlbor.

Old Spanish gigante

Spanish gigante

Inherited from Old Spanish gigante, a learned borrowing from Latin gigās, gigantem, from Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas, “giant”). See also English giant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xiˈɡante/ [xiˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: gi‧gan‧te

Adjective

gigante m or f (masculine and feminine plural gigantes)

1. giant, gigantic

Noun

gigante m (plural gigantes, feminine giganta, feminine plural gigantas)

1. giant
2. juggernaut

Derived terms

• agigantar
• alca gigante
• aro gigante
• avispón gigante asiático
• calamar gigante
• cardo gigante
• carpintero gigante
• fiofío gigante
• focha gigante
• gigante azul
• gigante gaseoso
• gigante roja
• gigantesco
• gigantez
• gigantismo
• manta gigante
• martín gigante neotropical
• nutria gigante
• orquídea gigante
• perejil gigante
• petrel gigante antártico
• petrel gigante subantártico
• picaflor gigante
• ruibarbo gigante

Descendants

• → Chavacano: gigante
• → Cebuano: higante
• → Tagalog: higante

Further reading

• “gigante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025