gigantic

English

Alternative forms

• gigantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gígas, “giant”). According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jī-găn'tĭk
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/, [d͡ʒaɪˈɡɛəntɪk]

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• Rhymes: -æntɪk

Adjective

gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)

1. Very large.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 1 p. 1:

     Thou Genius of the place (this most renowned Ile)
     Which livedst long before the All-earth-drowning Flood,
     Whilst yet the world did swarme with her Gigantick brood;

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 259:

     It is in solitude that the imagination exercises its gigantic power; and where are a woman's feelings nurtured but in solitude?

2. (slang) Excellent; very good or exciting.

   This band is going to be gigantic.

3. In the manner of a giant. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• gigantesque
• See also Thesaurus:large

Derived terms

• gigantically
• giganticism
• gigantic jet
• giganticness
• gigantification
• gigantism
• gigundous
• ginormous
• hugantic
• supergigantic
• ungigantic

Related terms

• giant

Translations

very large

• Arabic: ضَخْم (ḍaḵm), هَائِل (hāʔil), جَبَّار (jabbār)
• Azerbaijani: nəhəng (az)
• Belarusian: гіга́нцкі (hiháncki), вялі́зны (vjalízny), велічэ́зны (be) (vjeličézny), веліза́рны (be) (vjelizárny), аграма́дны (ahramádny), каласа́льны (kalasálʹny)
• Breton: ramzel (br)
• Bulgarian: гига́нтски (bg) (gigántski), огро́мен (bg) (ogrómen), грама́ден (bg) (gramáden), колоса́лен (bg) (kolosálen)
• Catalan: gegantí, gegantesc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨大的 (zh) (jùdà de)

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

  Ancient Greek: κολοσσικός (kolossikós), κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos)

• Hungarian: gigászi (hu), gigantikus (hu)
• Ido: giganta (io)
• Italian: gigantesco (it), colossale (it)
• Japanese: 巨大な (ja) (きょだいな, kyodai na)
• Khmer: សម្បើម (km) (sɑmbaəm), ចង្គ្រោង (km) (cɑngkroong), អ៊ូង (km) (ʼuung)
• Korean: 거대하다 (ko) (geodaehada)
• Latin: colossēus
• Latvian: gigantisks, milzīgs
• Macedonian: гига́нтски (gigántski), о́громен (ógromen), колоса́лен (kolosálen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gigantisk, kjempestor (no)

  Nynorsk: gigantisk, kjempestor

• Persian: غول‌آسا (fa) (ġul-âsâ)
• Polish: gigantyczny (pl), ogromny (pl), olbrzymi (pl), kolosalny (pl)
• Portuguese: gigantesco (pt)
• Rapa Nui: nui nui
• Romanian: uriaș (ro), gigantic (ro)
• Russian: гига́нтский (ru) (gigántskij), грома́дный (ru) (gromádnyj), огро́мный (ru) (ogrómnyj), колосса́льный (ru) (kolossálʹnyj)
• Sanskrit: अतिकाय (sa) (atikāya)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гѝгантскӣ, о̏гро̄ман, ко̏лоса̄лан

  Latin: gìgantskī (sh), ȍgrōman (sh), kȍlosālan (sh)

• Slovak: gigantický, ohromný, obrovský, kolosálny
• Slovene: velikanski (sl), ogromen (sl), kolosalen
• Spanish: gigante (es), gigantesco (es)
• Swedish: gigantisk (sv), jättestor (sv), jättelik (sv)
• Tagalog: dambuhala, higante, tandayag (tl)
• Tày: cải cộp, cải kếch
• Thai: มหึมา (má-hʉ̀-maa)
• Ukrainian: гіга́нтський (hihántsʹkyj), величе́зний (velyčéznyj), колоса́льний (kolosálʹnyj)
• Vietnamese: khổng lồ (vi)
• Volapük: gianagretik (vo)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Romanian gigant

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icusder.

Romanian -ic

Romanian gigantic

From gigant + -ic.

Adjective

gigantic m or n (feminine singular gigantică, masculine plural gigantici, feminine/neuter plural gigantice)

1. giant

Declension

Declension of gigantic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	gigantic		gigantică	gigantici	gigantice
	definite	giganticul		gigantica	giganticii	giganticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	gigantic		gigantice	gigantici	gigantice
	definite	giganticului		giganticei	giganticilor	giganticelor