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, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/

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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

• gigantic jet
• gigantism

Related terms

• giant

Translations

very large

Arabic: ضَخْم (ḍaḵm), هَائِل (hāʔil), جَبَّار (jabbār) Azerbaijani: nəhəng (az) Belarusian: гіга́нцкі (hiháncki), вялі́зны (vjalízny), велічэ́зны (vjeličézny), веліза́рны (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: 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) (ğul-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 Roman: 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) Thai: มหึมา (má-hʉ̀-maa) Tày: cải cộp, cải kếch Ukrainian: гіга́нтський (hihántsʹkyj), величе́зний (velyčéznyj), колоса́льний (kolosálʹnyj) Vietnamese: khổng lồ (vi) Volapük: gianagretik (vo)

Romanian

Etymology

From gigant +‎ -ic.

Adjective

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

1. giant

Declension

		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

Declension of gigantic