giant
Significat (anglès)
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- A mythical human of very great size.
- Specifically:
- Specifically:
- A very tall and large person.
- A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
- A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
- An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
- A very large organization.
- A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
- A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
Sinònims
enormous
great man
big and tall
hydraulic giant
hydraulic monitor
high-pressure water jet
giant tyre
evil spirit
very large
very tall person
macrosis
meganthropus
large person
Daityas
Freqüència
Amb guionet com
gi‧ant
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/
Etimologia (anglès)
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”) Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Displaced native Old English ent. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”).
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