colossus

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

colosse

géant

titan

goliath

monstre

béhémoth

Béhémoth

Synonymes

giant

behemoth

monster

titan

goliath

heavyweight

anything of gigantic size

leviathan

ogre

great man

beast

Traductions

colosso

coloso

colosso

Koloss

colós

κολοσσός

Gigant

kolos

orco

monstro

Riese

bakbeest

gevaarte

tità

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kəˈlɑs.əs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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).