colossus

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

colosso

orco

gigante

statua gigantesca

titano

maciste

sinonimi

giant

behemoth

monster

titan

goliath

heavyweight

anything of gigantic size

leviathan

ogre

great man

beast

Traduzioni

colosse

coloso

Koloss

colosso

colós

κολοσσός

Gigant

kolos

monstro

bakbeest

Riese

gevaarte

titan

colossus

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kəˈlɑs.əs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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).