giant

Betekenis

Noun

1. A mythical human of very great size.
2. Specifically:
3. Specifically:
4. A very tall and large person.
5. A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
6. A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
7. An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
8. A very large organization.
9. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
10. A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.

Adj

Very large.

Met koppelteken als

gi‧ant

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/

Etymologie

From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”) Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Displaced native Old English ent. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”).

Zinnen

The friendly giant bear waved goodbye .

De vriendelijke gigantische beer zwaaide afscheid.