colossus

Significat (Anglès)

1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
2. (broadly) Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
3. (figuratively) Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.

Conceptes

colós

tità

gegant

monstre

figura

dona de pes

home de pes

Sinònims

giant

behemoth

monster

titan

goliath

heavyweight

anything of gigantic size

leviathan

ogre

great man

beast

Traduccions

colosse

colosso

coloso

Koloss

colosso

κολοσσός

kolos

Gigant

orco

gevaarte

Riese

bakbeest

monstro

titan

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kəˈlɑs.əs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “large statue, especially the colossus of Rhodes”), from an unknown Pre-Greek etymon (and erroneously associated with κολοφών).