gigantesque

adjective

Syllable Decomposition

gigantesque

from the Italian gigantesco, from the Latin prefix gigas formed from the Ancient Greek, the plural of which is gigantes, denoting the giants, who were originally monstrous beings of Greek mythology, sons of the earth, who tried to scale Olympus to dethrone Jupiter, but were struck down by him.

Definitions

Synonym

Plural

gigantesques

Translations

  • germangerman:riesig
  • englishenglish:Himalayan
  • dutchdutch:kolossaal
  • portugueseportuguese:gigantesco
  • swedishswedish:jättelik

See also

géantisme (cn.) gigantesques (adj.) géant (adj.) géant (cn.) gigantisme (cn.)