colossus

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

kolos

bakbeest

gevaarte

kolossus

gigant

Synoniemen

giant

behemoth

monster

titan

goliath

heavyweight

anything of gigantic size

leviathan

ogre

great man

beast

Vertalingen

colosse

colosso

coloso

colosso

Koloss

colós

κολοσσός

Gigant

Riese

orco

monstro

titan

géant

tità

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kəˈlɑs.əs/

Etymologie (Engels)

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).