See ginormous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "mahoosive"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "mammoth"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "mastodonic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "monstrous"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "monumental"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "mountainous"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "pantagruelian"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "pyramidal"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "Pythonic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "stupendous"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "super-"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "supersized"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "titanic"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "tremendous"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:large",
"word": "whopping"
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{
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"word": "yuge"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dʒaɪˈnɔːməs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/dʒaɪˈnɔɹməs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-ginormous.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/En-us-ginormous.ogg/En-us-ginormous.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/En-us-ginormous.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)məs"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "gigantesque"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "méga"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "énorme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "colossal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "gigantisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "riesig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "very large",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"humorous"
],
"word": "elefantös"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "enorme"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "ogromniasty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "ginorme"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "descomunal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "gigantesco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "very large",
"word": "giganteo"
}
],
"word": "ginormous"
}
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