colossus

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

coloso

gigante

titán

mujer de peso

marmotreto

monstruo

figura

Sinónimos

giant

behemoth

monster

titan

goliath

heavyweight

anything of gigantic size

leviathan

ogre

great man

beast

Traducciones

colosse

colosso

colosso

Koloss

colós

κολοσσός

Gigant

kolos

bakbeest

monstro

gevaarte

Riese

orco

titan

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kəˈlɑs.əs/

Etimología (Inglés)

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).