"Godzilla" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ɡɑdˈzɪlə/ [General-American], /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɪlə Etymology: From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|ゴジラ|tr=Gojira}} Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), {{l|en|blend}} blend, {{m|ja|ゴリラ||gorilla|tr=gorira}} ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”), {{m|ja|鯨||whale|tr=kujira}} 鯨 (kujira, “whale”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Godzilla
  1. A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films. Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Film, Horror, Japanese fiction, Science fiction Translations (Japanese science-fiction monster): غُودْزِيلَا (ḡūdzīlā) [masculine] (Arabic), غُدْزِيلَا (ḡudzīlā) [masculine] (Arabic), Գոձիլա (Gojila) (Armenian), Qodzilla (Azerbaijani), Годзила (Godzila) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 哥斯拉 (go¹ si¹ laai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 哥斯拉 (Gēsīlā) (Chinese Mandarin), Godzilo (Esperanto), Godzilla (Finnish), Godzilla [masculine] (French), Godzilla [masculine] (German), Γκοντζίλα (Gkontzíla) [masculine] (Greek), Γκοτζίλα (Gkotzíla) [masculine] (Greek), גוֹדְזִילָה (Godzíla) [masculine] (Hebrew), गोडज़िला (goḍzilā) [masculine] (Hindi), गोडजिला (goḍjilā) [masculine] (Hindi), गोगोला (gogolā) [masculine, uncommon] (Hindi), Godzilla [masculine] (Italian), ゴジラ (Gojira) (Japanese), 고지라 (Gojira) (Korean), 고질라 (Gojilla) (Korean), ഗോഡ്സില്ല (gōḍsilla) (Malayalam), गॉडझिला (gŏḍjhilā) [masculine] (Marathi), گودزیلا (godzilâ) (Persian), Godzilla [masculine] (Polish), Godzilla [masculine] (Portuguese), Godzilla [feminine] (Romanian), Годзи́лла (Godzílla) [masculine] (Russian), காட்சில்லா (kāṭcillā) (Tamil), ก็อตซิลลา (gɔ̀t-sil-laa) (Thai), ก็อตซิลล่า (gɔ̀t-sil-lâa) (Thai), Ґодзі́лла (Godzílla) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Godzilla (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Godzilla-en-name-p-r81SnC Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 80 20 Disambiguation of Film: 62 38 Disambiguation of Horror: 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 89 11 Disambiguation of Science fiction: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Godzirra (english: evoking a Japanese accent)

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɑdˈzɪlə/ [General-American], /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Godzillas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə Etymology: From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|ゴジラ|tr=Gojira}} Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), {{l|en|blend}} blend, {{m|ja|ゴリラ||gorilla|tr=gorira}} ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”), {{m|ja|鯨||whale|tr=kujira}} 鯨 (kujira, “whale”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Godzilla (plural Godzillas)
  1. (figuratively) Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type. Tags: figuratively Derived forms: godzillion, -zilla
    Sense id: en-Godzilla-en-noun-NqZWKbGm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Godzirra (english: evoking a Japanese accent)

Proper name [Polish]

IPA: /ɡɔˈd͡ʑil.la/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Godzilla [nominative, singular], Godzilli [genitive, singular], Godzilli [dative, singular], Godzillę [accusative, singular], Godzillą [instrumental, singular], Godzilli [locative, singular], Godzillo [singular, vocative]
Rhymes: -illa Etymology: Borrowed from English Godzilla, from Japanese ゴジラ. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pl|en|Godzilla|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English Godzilla, {{bor+|pl|en|Godzilla}} Borrowed from English Godzilla, {{der|pl|ja|ゴジラ}} Japanese ゴジラ Head templates: {{pl-prop|m-anml}} Godzilla m animal Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-f|tantum=s}}
  1. Godzilla (Japanese science-fiction monster) Tags: animal-not-person, masculine Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Japanese fiction, Science fiction

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ko",
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}

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