"Goliath" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɡəˈlaɪəθ/
Etymology: Ultimately from Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|he|גולית|גָּלְיָת|tr=golyāṯ}} Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Goliath
  1. A giant who, according to the Bible, was vanquished in battle with King David. Categories (topical): Biblical characters Translations (biblical giant): Goliat (Afrikaans), Γολιάθ (Goliáth) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), جَالُوت (jālūt) (note: used by Muslims) [masculine] (Arabic), جُلْيَات (julyāt) (note: used by Christians) [masculine] (Arabic), Գողիաթ (Goġiatʻ) (Armenian), জালূত (jalūt) (Bengali), Goliat [masculine] (Catalan), 歌利亞 (Chinese Cantonese), 歌利亚 (go¹ lei⁶ aa³) (Chinese Cantonese), 歌利亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 歌利亚 (Gēlìyà, Gēlìyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Goliáš [masculine] (Czech), Goliat (Dutch), Goliath (Dutch), Koljat (Estonian), Goljat (Finnish), Goliath [masculine] (French), Goliath [masculine] (German), 歌利亞 (Hakka Chinese), 歌利亚 (Kô-li-â) (Hakka Chinese), גולית (golyat) (Hebrew), Góliát (Hungarian), Golia [masculine] (Italian), ゴリアテ (Goriate) (Japanese), 골리앗 (golliat) (Korean), Goliathus [masculine] (Latin), Голијат (Golijat) [masculine] (Macedonian), Goláíyath (Navajo), Djalut (Ngazidja Comorian), جالوت (calut) (Ottoman Turkish), Goliat [masculine] (Polish), Golias [masculine] (Portuguese), Голиа́ф (Goliáf) [masculine] (Russian), Goljat [masculine] (Slovene), Goliat [masculine] (Spanish), Goliat [common-gender] (Swedish), جالۇت (jalut) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-Goliath-en-name-qo9a-4Bx Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 54 41 3 2 Disambiguation of 'biblical giant': 90 10
  2. A male given name from Hebrew Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, Individuals, Wine bottles Derived forms: David-and-Goliath, Goliath frog
    Sense id: en-Goliath-en-name-VPCEcz96 Disambiguation of Individuals: 34 54 6 6 Disambiguation of Wine bottles: 13 68 6 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 50 19 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 60 16 15

Noun

IPA: /ɡəˈlaɪəθ/ Forms: Goliaths [plural]
Etymology: Ultimately from Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ). Etymology templates: {{der|en|he|גולית|גָּלְיָת|tr=golyāṯ}} Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Goliath (plural Goliaths)
  1. (figuratively) Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-Goliath-en-noun-KlrGV-MD
  2. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 27 liters, equivalent to 36 standard bottles.
    Sense id: en-Goliath-en-noun-1h2uNclR

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      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "Koljat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "Goljat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Goliath"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Goliath"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Goliáth",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Γολιάθ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "golyat",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "גולית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "Góliát"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Golia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Goriate",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "ゴリアテ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "golliat",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "골리앗"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Goliathus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Golijat",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Голијат"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "Goláíyath"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "Djalut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "calut",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "جالوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Goliat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Golias"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Goliáf",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Голиа́ф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Goljat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Goliat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Goliat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "jalut",
      "sense": "biblical giant",
      "word": "جالۇت"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Goliath"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms derived from Hebrew",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Biblical characters",
    "en:Individuals",
    "en:Wine bottles"
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "גולית",
        "4": "גָּלְיָת",
        "tr": "golyāṯ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Goliaths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Goliath (plural Goliaths)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That Goliath is so big and strong, the little man will never stand a chance against him if he on his wrong side."
        },
        {
          "text": "The whisky category is a Goliath within the drinks industry."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 27 liters, equivalent to 36 standard bottles."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "champagne",
          "champagne#English"
        ],
        [
          "bottle",
          "bottle#English"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity#English"
        ],
        [
          "liter",
          "liter#English"
        ],
        [
          "standard",
          "standard#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡəˈlaɪəθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Goliath"
}

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