géant

adjectivecommon nounproper noun

Syllable Decomposition

géant

from the ancient Greek γίγας gígas, designating, in Greek mythology, the giants who tried to dethrone zeus by climbing the olympus. zeus struck them down with lightning bolts on their way.

Definitions

mythologie
ski alpin

Feminine

géante

Plural

géants

Translations

  • germangerman:Giant
  • englishenglish:giant
  • arabicarabic:عملاق
  • spanishspanish:gigante
  • finnishfinnish:jättiläinen
  • greekgreek:γίγαντας
  • italianitalian:gigante
  • japanesejapanese:巨人
  • dutchdutch:reus
  • polishpolish:gigant
  • russianrussian:великан
  • turkishturkish:dev

See also

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