GARGANTUA

Meaning of GARGANTUA in English

/gahr gan"chooh euh/ , n.

1. an amiable giant and king, noted for his enormous capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.

2. ( italics ) a satirical novel (1534) by Rabelais. Cf. Pantagruel .

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GARGANTUA — noun Etymology: French Date: 1571 a gigantic king in Rabelais's ~ having a great capacity for food and drink
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GARGANTUA — n. giant who had an enormous appetite (from a story by the French writer Rabelais)
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GARGANTUA — noun Etymology: French Date: 1571 : a gigantic king in Rabelais's Gargantua having a great capacity for food and drink
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GARGANTUA — [Gar.gan.tua] n [F]: a gigantic king in Rabelais' Gargantua having a great capacity for food and drink
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GARGANTUA — Gargantua BrE AmE ɡɑː ˈɡænt ju‿ə AmE \ ɡɑːr ˈɡæn t ʃ u‿ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GARGANTUA — (литературоведение) Гаргантюа (персонаж романа Рабле "Гаргантюа и Пантагрюэль") обжора, великан
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GARGANTUA — (литературоведение) Гаргантюа (персонаж романа Рабле "Гаргантюа и Пантагрюэль") обжора, великан
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GARGANTUA — n 1> лит. Гаргантюа ( персонаж романа Рабле «Гаргантюа и Пантагрюэль» ) 2> обжора, великан
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GARGANTUA — (n) великан; обжора
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GARGANTUA — (0) гаргантюа
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GARGANTUA — n 1) лит. Гаргантюа ( персонаж романа Рабле «Гаргантюа и Пантагрюэль» ) 2) обжора, великан
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GARGANTUA — n 1> лит. Гаргантюа ( персонаж романа Рабле «Гаргантюа и Пантагрюэль» ) 2> обжора, великан
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GARGANTUA — (литературоведение) Гаргантюа (персонаж романа Рабле "Гаргантюа и Пантагрюэль") обжора, великан
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GARGANTUA — (литературоведение) Гаргантюа (персонаж романа Рабле "Гаргантюа и Пантагрюэль") обжора, великан
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GARGANTUA — n. Pronunciation: gär- ' gan(t)-sh( ə -)w ə Function: noun Etymology: F Date: 1571 : a gigantic king in Rabelais's …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PANTAGRUEL — noun Etymology: French Date: 1598 the huge son of Gargantua in Rabelais's ~ , ~ian adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GARGANTUAN — adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Gargantua Date: 1596 tremendous in size, volume, or degree ; gigantic , colossal
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RABELAIS, FRANÇOIS — born с 1494, Poitou, France died probably April 9, 1553, Paris French writer and priest. After apparently studying law, he …
Английский словарь Британика
HUGE — I. ˈhyüj also ˈyüj adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English huge, hoge, modification of Old French ahuge, ahoge : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THELEMITE — ˈtheləˌmīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: French thélémite, from Abbaye de Thélème, imaginary abbey with the motto “Do as you …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PANTAGRUELIAN — |pantəˌgrü|elēən adjective also pan·ta·gru·el·ic -lik Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: pantagruelian from Pantagruel, coarsely humorous and gigantic son of Gargantua in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GARGANTUAN — (ˈ)gär|ganch(əw)ən, (ˈ)gȧ|-, -|gaan- adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Gargantua, gigantic king who is the hero of the novel Gargantua (1535) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GARGANTUAN — (a.) Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate.
Английский словарь Webster
GARGANTUAN — ( a. ) Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PANTAGRUEL — — Pantagruelian /pan'teuh grooh el"ee euhn/ , adj. — Pantagruelically , adv. — Pantagruelism /pan'teuh grooh"euh liz'euhm, pan tag"rooh euh …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RABELAIS — n. family name; Francois Rabelais (c.1490-1553), French writer, author of "Gargantua" and "Pantagruel"
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PANTAGRUELIAN — n. enormous son of Gargantua (in the story "Pantagruel" written by the French writer Rabelais)
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FRANCOIS RABELAIS — n. (c.1490-1553) French writer, author of "Gargantua" and "Pantagruel"
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PANTAGRUEL — noun Etymology: French Date: 1598 : the huge son of Gargantua in Rabelais's Pantagruel • Pan·ta·gru·el·ian ˌpan-tə-grü-ˈe-lē-ən, (ˌ)pan-ˌta-grə-ˈwe- adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GARGANTUAN — gar ‧ gan ‧ tu ‧ an /ɡɑːˈɡæntʃuən $ ɡɑːr-/ BrE AmE adjective written [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Gargantua …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RABELAIS, FRANÇOIS — born 0441; 1494, Poitou, France died probably April 9, 1553, Paris French writer and priest. After apparently studying law, he …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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