colossus

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

κολοσσός

τέρας

γίγαντας

τιτάνας

Συνώνυμα

giant

behemoth

monster

titan

goliath

heavyweight

anything of gigantic size

leviathan

ogre

great man

beast

Μεταφράσεις

colosse

colosso

coloso

colosso

Koloss

colós

kolos

Gigant

gevaarte

orco

monstro

bakbeest

Riese

titan

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/kəˈlɑs.əs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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).