"gigantic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gigantic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more gigantic [comparative], most gigantic [superlative]
enPR: jī-găn'tĭk Rhymes: -æntɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gígas, “giant”). According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|γιγαντικός}} Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), {{m|grc|γίγας|t=giant}} γίγας (gígas, “giant”), {{coinage|en|Michael Drayton|in=1612|nocap=1}} coined by Michael Drayton in 1612 Head templates: {{en-adj}} gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)
  1. Very large. Categories (topical): Size Translations (very large): κολοσσικός (kolossikós) (Ancient Greek), κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos) (Ancient Greek), ضَخْم (ḍaḵm) (Arabic), هَائِل (hāʔil) (Arabic), جَبَّار (jabbār) (Arabic), nəhəng (Azerbaijani), гіга́нцкі (hiháncki) (Belarusian), вялі́зны (vjalízny) (Belarusian), велічэ́зны (vjeličézny) (Belarusian), веліза́рны (vjelizárny) (Belarusian), аграма́дны (ahramádny) (Belarusian), каласа́льны (kalasálʹny) (Belarusian), ramzel (Breton), гига́нтски (gigántski) (Bulgarian), огро́мен (ogrómen) (Bulgarian), грама́ден (gramáden) (Bulgarian), колоса́лен (kolosálen) (Bulgarian), gegantí (Catalan), gegantesc (Catalan), 巨大的 (jùdà de) (Chinese Mandarin), obrovský (Czech), obří (Czech), ohromný (Czech), gigantický (Czech), kolosální (Czech), gigantisk (Danish), gigantisch (Dutch), giganta (Esperanto), jättiläismäinen (Finnish), jättimäinen (Finnish), gigantesque (French), colossal (French), xigante (Galician), xigantesco (Galician), ვებერთელა (vebertela) (Georgian), უზარმაზარი (uzarmazari) (Georgian), გიგანტური (giganṭuri) (Georgian), უშველებელი (ušvelebeli) (Georgian), gigantisch (German), kolossal (German), riesig (German), γιγάντειος (gigánteios) (Greek), πελώριος (pelórios) (Greek), gigászi (Hungarian), gigantikus (Hungarian), giganta (Ido), gigantesco (Italian), colossale (Italian), 巨大な (kyodai na) (alt: きょだいな) (Japanese), សម្បើម (sɑɑsɑmbaəm) (Khmer), ចង្គ្រោង (cɑɑcɑngkroong) (Khmer), អ៊ូង (ʼuung) (Khmer), 거대하다 (geodaehada) (Korean), colossēus (Latin), gigantisks (Latvian), milzīgs (Latvian), гига́нтски (gigántski) (Macedonian), о́громен (ógromen) (Macedonian), колоса́лен (kolosálen) (Macedonian), gigantisk (Norwegian Bokmål), kjempestor (Norwegian Bokmål), gigantisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), kjempestor (Norwegian Nynorsk), غولآسا (ğul-âsâ) (Persian), gigantyczny (Polish), ogromny (Polish), olbrzymi (Polish), kolosalny (Polish), gigantesco (Portuguese), nui nui (Rapa Nui), uriaș (Romanian), gigantic (Romanian), гига́нтский (gigántskij) (Russian), грома́дный (gromádnyj) (Russian), огро́мный (ogrómnyj) (Russian), колосса́льный (kolossálʹnyj) (Russian), अतिकाय (atikāya) (Sanskrit), гѝгантскӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), о̏гро̄ман [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ко̏лоса̄лан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), gìgantskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ȍgrōman [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), kȍlosālan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), gigantický (Slovak), ohromný (Slovak), obrovský (Slovak), kolosálny (Slovak), velikanski (Slovene), ogromen (Slovene), kolosalen (Slovene), gigante (Spanish), gigantesco (Spanish), gigantisk (Swedish), jättestor (Swedish), jättelik (Swedish), dambuhala (Tagalog), higante (Tagalog), tandayag (Tagalog), มหึมา (má-hʉ̀-maa) (Thai), гіга́нтський (hihántsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), величе́зний (velyčéznyj) (Ukrainian), колоса́льний (kolosálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), khổng lồ (Vietnamese), gianagretik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-gigantic-en-adj-pHFOQKpj Disambiguation of Size: 100 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 34 41 Disambiguation of 'very large': 75 25 0
  2. (slang) Excellent; very good or exciting. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gigantic-en-adj-UO0yDAie Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 34 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 44 22
  3. In the manner of a giant.
    Sense id: en-gigantic-en-adj-ECYqesO~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 34 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gigantesque, gigantick [obsolete] Derived forms: gigantic jet, gigantism Related terms: giant

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        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very large",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very large",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "vebertela",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "ვებერთელა"
        },
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uzarmazari",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "უზარმაზარი"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "giganṭuri",
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          "word": "გიგანტური"
        },
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ušvelebeli",
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          "sense": "very large",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "riesig"
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          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gigánteios",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "γιγάντειος"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pelórios",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "πελώριος"
        },
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kolossikós",
          "sense": "very large",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very large",
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        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very large",
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        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "giganta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "gigantesco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "colossale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "alt": "きょだいな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyodai na",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "巨大な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑɑsɑmbaəm",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "សម្បើម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cɑɑcɑngkroong",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "ចង្គ្រោង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼuung",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "អ៊ូង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geodaehada",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "거대하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "colossēus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "gigantisks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "milzīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "gigántski",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "гига́нтски"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ógromen",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "о́громен"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "gigantisk"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
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          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "kjempestor"
        },
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          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "gigantisk"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
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          "sense": "very large",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ğul-âsâ",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "غولآسا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "gigantyczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "ogromny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "olbrzymi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "kolosalny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "gigantesco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
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          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "nui nui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "uriaș"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "gigantic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gigántskij",
          "sense": "very large",
          "word": "гига́нтский"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25 0",
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kolosálen",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "колоса́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gigantisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "kjempestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gigantisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "kjempestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ğul-âsâ",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "غولآسا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gigantyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "ogromny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "olbrzymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "kolosalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gigantesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "nui nui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "uriaș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gigantic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gigántskij",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "гига́нтский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gromádnyj",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "грома́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogrómnyj",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "огро́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolossálʹnyj",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "колосса́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "atikāya",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "अतिकाय"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very large",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "гѝгантскӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very large",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "о̏гро̄ман"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very large",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ко̏лоса̄лан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very large",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "gìgantskī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very large",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȍgrōman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "very large",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kȍlosālan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gigantický"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "ohromný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "obrovský"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "kolosálny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "velikanski"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "ogromen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "kolosalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gigante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gigantesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gigantisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "jättestor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "jättelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "dambuhala"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "higante"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "tandayag"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "má-hʉ̀-maa",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "มหึมา"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hihántsʹkyj",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "гіга́нтський"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "velyčéznyj",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "величе́зний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolosálʹnyj",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "колоса́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "khổng lồ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "very large",
      "word": "gianagretik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gigantic"
}

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