GIANT

Meaning of GIANT in English

Pronunciation: ' j ī - ə nt

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English giaunt, from Anglo-French geant, from Latin gigant-, gigas, from Greek

Date: 14th century

1 : a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength

2 a : a living being of great size b : a person of extraordinary powers

3 : something unusually large or powerful

– gi · ant · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

GIANT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) giant sequoia giant order giant star {{link=giant silkworm moth">giant silkworm moth
Английский словарь Британика
GIANT — I. ˈjīənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English geaunt, giaunt, from Middle French geant, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin gagant-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIANT — (a.) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.
Английский словарь Webster
GIANT — ( a. ) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GIANT — — giantlike , adj. /juy"euhnt/ , n. 1. (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIANT — noun a man of extraordinari bulk and stature. 2. giant ·noun any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or …
Webster English vocab
GIANT — [gi.ant] n [ME giaunt, fr. OF geant, fr. L gigant-, gigas, fr. Gk] (14c) 1: a legendary humanlike being of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIANT — in folklore, huge mythical being, usually humanlike in form. The term derives (through Latin) from the Giants (Gigantes) of Greek …
Britannica English vocabulary
GIANT — giant BrE AmE ˈdʒa ɪ ‿ənt ▷ giant|s, \~'s s ▶ ˌ Giant's ˈ Causeway BrE AmE ▶ ˈ giant …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GIANT — / ˈdʒaɪənt; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. (in stories) a very large strong person who is often …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIANT — I. gi ‧ ant 1 W3 /ˈdʒaɪənt/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] extremely big, and much bigger than other …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GIANT — n. & adj. --n. 1 an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size. 2 (in Greek mythology) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GIANT — n. & adj. n. 1 an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size. 2 (in Greek mythology) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GIANT — n. & adj. --n. 1. an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size. 2 (in Greek mythology) …
Oxford English vocab
GIANT — ( giants) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is described …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIANT — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is described as …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GIANT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES giant killer giant panda make great/major/giant etc strides ▪ The government has made great …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GIANT — [noun] [C] - an imaginary creature, appearing esp. in children's stories, like a man but extremely tall and powerful and …
Cambridge English vocab
GIANT — n. giant panda giant sequoia giant order giant star giant silkworm moth
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GIANT — n. Function: noun something of monstrous size, appearance, or power FF1C; a giant of a tractor FF1E; Synonyms: behemoth, leviathan, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GIANT — I. noun something of monstrous size, appearance, or power a giant of a tractor Synonyms: behemoth, leviathan, mammoth, monster, whale …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIANT
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GIANT — See ↑ BIG 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a giant
Longman Activator English vocab
GIANT — n. 25B6; noun the forest giant had died : COLOSSUS, man mountain, behemoth, Brobdingnagian, mammoth, monster; informal jumbo. See list. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIANT — n. 1 superhuman, titan, colossus, Goliath; giantess, Amazon, ogre; behemoth, monster, leviathan, mammoth Blocking the road in front of Jack …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GIANT — [Folklore] The giants in mythology are primordial creatures of enormous size, the personifications of the forces of nature. They usually …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
GIANT — 1. сущ. 1) великан, гигант; титан 2) тех. гидромонитор 2. прил. гигантский, огромный, громадный Syn : large великан, гигант исполин, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GIANT — giant.ogg 1. ʹdʒaıənt n 1. 1> великан, гигант 2> исполин, титан mental giant - гигант мысли giant of the faith …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GIANT — гидромонитор - hydraulic giant
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GIANT — гидромонитор - hydraulic giant
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
GIANT — 1. ʹdʒaıənt n 1. 1> великан, гигант 2> исполин, титан mental giant - гигант мысли giant of the faith - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GIANT — n. gigante (-ic, -esc)
English interlingue dictionary
GIANT — higante
English-Visayan vocabulary
GIANT — I. noun Etymology: Middle English giaunt, from Anglo-French geant, from Latin gigant-, gigas, from Greek Date: 14th century a legendary …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GIANT — (n.) Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.
Английский словарь Webster
GIANT — (n.) A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
Английский словарь Webster
GIANT — (n.) A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
Английский словарь Webster
GIANT — ( n. ) Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GIANT — ( n. ) A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GIANT — ( n. ) A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GIANT — adj. enormous, extremely large
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GIANT — n. legendary manlike creature of great size and strength (Folklore); abnormally large person; person of great importance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GIANT — I. ˈjī-ənt noun Etymology: Middle English giaunt, from Anglo-French geant, from Latin gigant-, gigas, from Greek Date: 14th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIANT — n. giant panda Flemish giant giant anteater giant cactus giant clam giant reed giant schnauzer giant sequoia giant slalom giant …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GIANT — n. Function: adjective Date: 15th century : having extremely large size, proportion, or power
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GIANT — ■ noun 1》 an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size. 2》 an abnormally tall or large …
Concise Oxford English vocab
GIANT — Synonyms and related words : Amazon, Antaeus, Atlantean, Atlas, Briareus, Brobdingnagian, Charles Atlas, Cyclopean, Cyclops, Gargantua, Gargantuan, Goliath, Herculean, Hercules, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIANT — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: HUGE , behemothic, Brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, gargantuan, gigantic, Herculean, mammoth, titanic Related Words: gross, hulking Contrasted …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GIANT — I . n. Monster, Cyclops, colossus, Hercules, huge man. II . a. Huge. See gigantic .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
GIANT — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
GIANT — ent, ent, þyrs
Англо-Староанглийский словарь
GIANT — Великаны
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GIANT — 1) гигант, исполин || гигантский, исполинский 2) гидромонитор - manually operated giant
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GIANT — великан, гигант, исполин; титан гигантский, громадный, исполинский
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GIANT — (n) гигант
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GIANT — (a) громадный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GIANT — 1. [ʹdʒaıənt] n 1. 1) великан, гигант 2) исполин, титан mental ~ - гигант мысли ~ of the faith - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GIANT — adj. громадный, гигантский, исполинский, богатырский
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GIANT — n. великан, гигант, исполин, титан, гидромонитор
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GIANT — adj. громадный, гигантский, исполинский, богатырский
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GIANT — n. великан, гигант, исполин, титан, гидромонитор
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GIANT — 1. сущ. 1) великан, гигант; титан 2) тех. гидромонитор 2. прил. гигантский, огромный, громадный Syn: large
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GIANT — 1. сущ. 1) великан, гигант; титан 2) тех. гидромонитор 2. прил. гигантский, огромный, громадный Syn: large
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GIANT — гигант (звезда)
Англо-Русский физический словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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