"colossal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /kəˈlɒsəl/ Audio: en-us-colossal.ogg [US], en-au-colossal.ogg [Australia] Forms: more colossal [comparative], most colossal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒsəl Etymology: From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|colossal}} French colossal, {{der|en|la|colossus}} Latin colossus, {{der|en|grc|κολοσσός||giant statue}} Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} colossal (comparative more colossal, superlative most colossal)
  1. Extremely large or on a great scale. Synonyms (extremely large): enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast Translations (extremely large): κολοσσικός (kolossikós) (Ancient Greek), κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos) (Ancient Greek), ضَخْم (ḍaḵm) (Arabic), هَائِل (hāʔil) (Arabic), جَبَّار (jabbār) (Arabic), каласа́льны (kalasálʹny) (Belarusian), велічэ́зны (vjeličézny) (Belarusian), веліза́рны (vjelizárny) (Belarusian), вялі́зны (vjalízny) (Belarusian), аграма́дны (ahramádny) (Belarusian), огро́мен (ogrómen) (Bulgarian), колоса́лен (kolosálen) (Bulgarian), colossal (Catalan), مەزن (mezn) (Central Kurdish), 巨大的 (jùdà de) (Chinese Mandarin), kolosální (Czech), ohromný (Czech), obrovský (Czech), kolossal (Danish), kolossaal (Dutch), supermezura (Esperanto), valtava (Finnish), jättiläismäinen (Finnish), colossal (French), riesig (German), gewaltig (German), immens (German), kolossal (German), riesengroß (German), ungeheuer (German), κολοσσιαίος (kolossiaíos) (Greek), ábhalmhór (Irish), colossale (Italian), 巨大な (kyodai na) (alt: きょだいな) (Japanese), зор (zor) (Kazakh), 거대하다 (geodaehada) (Korean), colossēus (Latin), џиновски (džinovski) (Macedonian), колоса́лен (kolosálen) (Macedonian), огромен (ogromen) (Macedonian), debdebe (Northern Kurdish), dêwasa (Northern Kurdish), kolossal (Norwegian Bokmål), kolossal (Norwegian Nynorsk), ژنده (žande) (Persian), kolosalny (Polish), ogromny (Polish), olbrzymi (Polish), colossal (Portuguese), colosal (Romanian), колосса́льный (kolossálʹnyj) (Russian), грома́дный (gromádnyj) (Russian), грандио́зный (grandióznyj) (Russian), огро́мный (ogrómnyj) (Russian), гига́нтский (gigántskij) (Russian), ко̏лоса̄лан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), о̏гро̄ман [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kȍlosālan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ȍgrōman [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), kolosálny (Slovak), ohromný (Slovak), obrovský (Slovak), kolosalen (Slovene), ogromen (Slovene), colosal (Spanish), kolossal (Swedish), devasa (Turkish), колоса́льний (kolosálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), величе́зний (velyčéznyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-colossal-en-adj-mARBNClf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'extremely large': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'extremely large': 98 2
  2. Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
    Sense id: en-colossal-en-adj-XvuFi45e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colossal squid, mega-colossal Related terms: colosseum, colossus

Adjective [French]

IPA: /kɔ.lɔ.sal/ Audio: Fr-colossal.ogg Forms: colossale [feminine], colossaux [masculine, plural], colossales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From colosse + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|colosse|-al}} colosse + -al Head templates: {{fr-adj}} colossal (feminine colossale, masculine plural colossaux, feminine plural colossales)
  1. colossal, huge Synonyms: énorme, gigantesque, titanesque Derived forms: calmar colossal
    Sense id: en-colossal-fr-adj-ELCPeqGb Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -al

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: Pseudo-anglicism, derived from colossal. First attested in 1986. Etymology templates: {{pseudo-loan|it|en|colossal}} Pseudo-anglicism, derived from colossal, {{etydate/the|1986}} 1986, {{etydate|1986}} First attested in 1986. Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} colossal m (invariable)
  1. (film, theater) high-budget film or play with a high production value, ensemble cast, etc. Tags: invariable, masculine Categories (topical): Film, Theater

Adjective [Portuguese]

IPA: /ko.loˈsaw/ [Brazil], [ko.loˈsaʊ̯] [Brazil], /ku.luˈsal/ [Portugal], [ku.luˈsaɫ] [Portugal], /ku.luˈsal/ [Portugal], [ku.luˈsaɫ] [Portugal], /ku.luˈsa.li/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: colossais [plural]
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Etymology: From colosso + -al. Etymology templates: {{affix|pt|colosso|-al}} colosso + -al Head templates: {{pt-adj}} colossal m or f (plural colossais)
  1. colossal (extremely large) Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: gigante, enorme
    Sense id: en-colossal-pt-adj-bRStujm1 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese terms suffixed with -al

Inflected forms

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          "word": "зор"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geodaehada",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "거대하다"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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          "word": "مەزن"
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          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "debdebe"
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          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "dêwasa"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "džinovski",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "џиновски"
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          "word": "огромен"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "žande",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "ژنده"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "kolosalny"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "ogromny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "olbrzymi"
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          "word": "colossal"
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          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "colosal"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kolossálʹnyj",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "колосса́льный"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gromádnyj",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "грома́дный"
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "word": "грандио́зный"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "kȍlosālan"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "kolosálny"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "ohromný"
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          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "sense": "extremely large",
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          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "devasa"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kolosálʹnyj",
          "sense": "extremely large",
          "word": "колоса́льний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "word": "ژنده"
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      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "kolosalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "ogromny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "olbrzymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "colossal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "colosal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolossálʹnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "колосса́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gromádnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "грома́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grandióznyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "грандио́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogrómnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "огро́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gigántskij",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "гига́нтский"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ко̏лоса̄лан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "о̏гро̄ман"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kȍlosālan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȍgrōman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "kolosálny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "ohromný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "obrovský"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "kolosalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "ogromen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "colosal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "kolossal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "devasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolosálʹnyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "колоса́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "velyčéznyj",
      "sense": "extremely large",
      "word": "величе́зний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colossal"
}

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  "derived": [
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      "word": "calmar colossal"
    }
  ],
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            "2": "kolossal",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "French adjectives",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French terms suffixed with -al",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with audio links"
      ],
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          "colossal",
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          "huge",
          "huge"
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        },
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          "word": "gigantesque"
        },
        {
          "word": "titanesque"
        }
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    }
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      "ipa": "/kɔ.lɔ.sal/"
    },
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    }
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  "word": "colossal"
}

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      "name": "pseudo-loan"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1986"
      },
      "expansion": "1986",
      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1986"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in 1986.",
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        "2": "#"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian indeclinable nouns",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian pseudo-loans from English",
        "Italian terms derived from English",
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        "it:Theater"
      ],
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "film",
          "film#Noun"
        ],
        [
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          "theater"
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          "film",
          "film"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
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        [
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          "production value"
        ],
        [
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          "ensemble cast"
        ]
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        "(film, theater) high-budget film or play with a high production value, ensemble cast, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "invariable",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "entertainment",
        "film",
        "lifestyle",
        "media",
        "television",
        "theater"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "colossal"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "colosso",
        "3": "-al"
      },
      "expansion": "colosso + -al",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From colosso + -al.",
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    {
      "form": "colossais",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "colossal m or f (plural colossais)",
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    }
  ],
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    "co‧los‧sal"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
        "Portuguese 4-syllable words",
        "Portuguese adjectives",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese terms suffixed with -al",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/al",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/al/3 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/aw",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/aw/3 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "colossal (extremely large)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colossal",
          "colossal#English"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "gigante"
        },
        {
          "word": "enorme"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈsaw/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko.loˈsaʊ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.luˈsal/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ku.luˈsaɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.luˈsal/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ku.luˈsaɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku.luˈsa.li/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Portugal) -al"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -aw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colossal"
}

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