"Hulk" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /hʌlk/ Audio: en-us-hulk.ogg [US] Forms: the Hulk [canonical]
Rhymes: -ʌlk Etymology: The name of a character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the Marvel Comics Universe, it has since entered the everyday English lexicon. The name itself is most likely derived from the word hulk (“large person or thing”), which predates the character. See the Wikipedia link at the bottom. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hulk||large person or thing}} hulk (“large person or thing”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Hulk}} the Hulk
  1. A fictional Marvel Comics character who gains superhuman strength when he becomes angry. Categories (topical): American fiction, Fictional characters, Marvel Comics, People Translations (fictional character): Χαλκ (english: Chalk) [masculine] (Greek), Hulk [masculine] (Portuguese), Hulk [masculine] (Spanish), Hulken [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Hulk-en-name-wDZbuOv6 Disambiguation of American fiction: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 48 44 8 Disambiguation of Marvel Comics: 56 40 4 Disambiguation of People: 40 19 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 52 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /hʌlk/ Audio: en-us-hulk.ogg [US] Forms: Hulks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌlk Etymology: The name of a character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the Marvel Comics Universe, it has since entered the everyday English lexicon. The name itself is most likely derived from the word hulk (“large person or thing”), which predates the character. See the Wikipedia link at the bottom. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hulk||large person or thing}} hulk (“large person or thing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hulk (plural Hulks)
  1. A person resembling, especially physically, the Hulk in the Marvel Comics Universe. Categories (topical): American fiction, Fictional characters, People Derived forms: hulk off, hulk out Related terms: Incredible Hulk
    Sense id: en-Hulk-en-noun-Z9tksItN Disambiguation of American fiction: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 48 44 8 Disambiguation of People: 40 19 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 52 2
  2. (by extension) A strongman. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Hulk-en-noun-3nLiTqXy Disambiguation of People: 40 19 41

Noun [German]

IPA: /hʊlk/ Audio: De-Hulk.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German holche, from Old High German holcho. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|holche}} Middle High German holche, {{inh|de|goh|holcho}} Old High German holcho Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Hulk m (strong, genitive Hulkes or Hulks, plural Hulke) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Hulkes [genitive], Hulks [genitive], Hulke [plural], strong [table-tags], Hulk [nominative, singular], Hulke [definite, nominative, plural], Hulkes [genitive, singular], Hulks [genitive, singular], Hulke [definite, genitive, plural], Hulk [dative, singular], Hulke [dative, singular], Hulken [dative, definite, plural], Hulk [accusative, singular], Hulke [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. hulk (ship type) Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Holk
    Sense id: en-Hulk-de-noun-swHSs77E Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈʁuw.ki/ [Brazil], [ˈhuʊ̯.ki] [Brazil], /ˈʁuw.ki/ [Brazil], [ˈhuʊ̯.ki] [Brazil], /ˈʁuw.ki/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [ˈχuʊ̯.ki] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈʁuw.ke/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈhuʊ̯.ke] [Southern-Brazil]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English Hulk. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|Hulk}} Unadapted borrowing from English Hulk Head templates: {{head|pt|proper noun|||g=|g2=|g3=|head=}} Hulk, {{pt-proper noun}} Hulk
  1. Hulk (fictional Marvel Comics character) Wikipedia link: pt:Hulk Categories (topical): Fictional characters, Marvel Comics
    Sense id: en-Hulk-pt-name-GHrjMXej Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/hʌlk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌlk"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hulk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hulk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/En-us-hulk.ogg/En-us-hulk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/En-us-hulk.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "Chalk",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "fictional character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Χαλκ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fictional character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hulk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fictional character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hulk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fictional character",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Hulken"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Jack Kirby",
    "Marvel Comics Universe",
    "Stan Lee"
  ],
  "word": "Hulk"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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    "Rhymes:English/ʌlk/1 syllable",
    "en:American fiction",
    "en:Fictional characters",
    "en:Marvel Comics",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hulk off"
    },
    {
      "word": "hulk out"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "hulk",
        "3": "",
        "4": "large person or thing"
      },
      "expansion": "hulk (“large person or thing”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The name of a character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the Marvel Comics Universe, it has since entered the everyday English lexicon. The name itself is most likely derived from the word hulk (“large person or thing”), which predates the character. See the Wikipedia link at the bottom.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hulks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "Incredible Hulk"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "A person resembling, especially physically, the Hulk in the Marvel Comics Universe."
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        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A strongman."
      ],
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        [
          "strongman",
          "strongman"
        ]
      ],
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        "(by extension) A strongman."
      ],
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        "broadly"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/hʌlk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌlk"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "hulk"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-hulk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/En-us-hulk.ogg/En-us-hulk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/En-us-hulk.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Jack Kirby",
    "Marvel Comics Universe",
    "Stan Lee"
  ],
  "word": "Hulk"
}

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        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "holche"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "holcho"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German holcho",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hulke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hulkes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hulks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hulke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hulk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hulke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hulken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hulk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hulke",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Hulk m (strong, genitive Hulkes or Hulks, plural Hulke)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Hulk"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "German 1-syllable words",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms derived from Old High German",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hulk (ship type)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hulk",
          "hulk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hʊlk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Hulk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/De-Hulk.ogg/De-Hulk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/De-Hulk.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Holk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hulk"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "Hulk"
      },
      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English Hulk",
      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English Hulk.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Hulk",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Hulk",
      "name": "pt-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese proper nouns",
        "Portuguese terms borrowed from English",
        "Portuguese terms derived from English",
        "Portuguese terms spelled with K",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English",
        "pt:Fictional characters",
        "pt:Marvel Comics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hulk (fictional Marvel Comics character)"
      ],
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        [
          "Hulk",
          "Hulk#English"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "pt:Hulk"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁuw.ki/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhuʊ̯.ki]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁuw.ki/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhuʊ̯.ki]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁuw.ki/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈχuʊ̯.ki]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁuw.ke/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhuʊ̯.ke]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hulk"
}

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