"leviathan" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ləˈvaɪ.ə.θən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-leviathan.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: lə-vīʹə-thən Rhymes: -aɪəθən Etymology: From Middle English levyethan, levyathan, etc., from Late Latin leviathan, a transliteration of Biblical Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liv'yatán). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|levyethan}} Middle English levyethan, {{m|enm|levyathan}} levyathan, {{der|en|LL.|leviathan}} Late Latin leviathan, {{der|en|he|לִוְיָתָן|tr=liv'yatán}} Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liv'yatán) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} leviathan (not comparable)
  1. Very large; gargantuan. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: enormous, giant, ginormous, large Translations (very large; gargantuan): огро́мен (ogrómen) (Bulgarian), valtava (Finnish), jättiläismäinen (Finnish), jättimäinen (Finnish), suunnaton (Finnish), léviathanique (French), lewiatan [masculine] (Polish), огро́мный (ogrómnyj) (Russian), грома́дный (gromádnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-leviathan-en-adj-ZLVwdfNH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 21 26 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Leviathan

Noun

IPA: /ləˈvaɪ.ə.θən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-leviathan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: leviathans [plural]
enPR: lə-vīʹə-thən Rhymes: -aɪəθən Etymology: From Middle English levyethan, levyathan, etc., from Late Latin leviathan, a transliteration of Biblical Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liv'yatán). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|levyethan}} Middle English levyethan, {{m|enm|levyathan}} levyathan, {{der|en|LL.|leviathan}} Late Latin leviathan, {{der|en|he|לִוְיָתָן|tr=liv'yatán}} Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liv'yatán) Head templates: {{en-noun}} leviathan (plural leviathans)
  1. (biblical, mythology) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean. Categories (topical): Bible, Mythological creatures Translations (Biblical sea monster): Λευιάθαν (Leuiáthan) (Ancient Greek), Λευιαθάν (Leuiathán) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), لَوِيَاثَان (lawiyāṯān) [masculine] (Arabic), левиата́н (leviatán) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 利維坦 (Chinese Mandarin), 利维坦 (lìwéitǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 力威亞探 (Chinese Mandarin), 力威亚探 (lìwēiyàtàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 里外雅堂 (lǐwàiyǎtáng) [Catholic] (Chinese Mandarin), leviathan [masculine] (Dutch), levjatano (Esperanto), leviaatan (Estonian), leviatan (Finnish), léviathan [masculine] (French), ლევიათანი (leviatani) (Georgian), Leviathan [masculine] (German), Meerungeheuer [neuter] (German), λεβιάθαν (leviáthan) [neuter] (Greek), לִוְיָתָן (livyatán) [masculine] (Hebrew), leviatano (Ido), leviatano [masculine] (Italian), レヴィアタン (reviatan) (Japanese), リヴァイアサン (rivaiasan) (Japanese), 레비아탄 (rebiatan) (Korean), левиаѳа́мъ (leviafám) [masculine] (Old Ruthenian), левиафа́нъ (leviafán) [masculine] (Old Ruthenian), لویاتان (laveyâtân) (Persian), لوتان (lavetân) (Persian), lewiatan [masculine] (Polish), leviatã [masculine] (Portuguese), левиафа́н (leviafán) [masculine] (Russian), чу́до-ю́до (čúdo-júdo) (english: Slavic mythology) [neuter] (Russian), leviathan (Scots), leviatán [masculine] (Spanish), Leviatan [common-gender] (Swedish), லெவியாதன் (leviyātaṉ) (Tamil), เลวีอาธาน (Thai), 𐎍𐎚𐎐 (ltn) (Ugaritic), לוויתן (levyosn) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-leviathan-en-noun-Ga-cp5sV Topics: biblical, human-sciences, lifestyle, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, religion, sciences Disambiguation of 'Biblical sea monster': 91 6 3
  2. (figuratively) Something monstrously large or mighty in size, strength, wealth, etc. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, mammoth, titan
    Sense id: en-leviathan-en-noun-4Z1e3ahv
  3. (political science, sometimes capitalized) The political state, especially a domineering and totalitarian one as theorized by Thomas Hobbes. Tags: capitalized, sometimes Categories (topical): Political science
    Sense id: en-leviathan-en-noun-b3wpb9Gz Topics: political-science, social-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Leviathan

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "لَوِيَاثَان"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "利維坦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lìwéitǎn",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "利维坦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "力威亞探"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lìwēiyàtàn",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "力威亚探"
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      "roman": "lǐwàiyǎtáng",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "里外雅堂"
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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    },
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "ლევიათანი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "レヴィアタン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rebiatan",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "레비아탄"
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      "word": "левиафа́нъ"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "laveyâtân",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "لویاتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lavetân",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "لوتان"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "левиафа́н"
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      "roman": "čúdo-júdo",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "word": "чу́до-ю́до"
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
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      "code": "ta",
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      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "லெவியாதன்"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "เลวีอาธาน"
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      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "ltn",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "word": "𐎍𐎚𐎐"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "levyosn",
      "sense": "Biblical sea monster",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "לוויתן"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "ogrómen",
      "sense": "very large; gargantuan",
      "word": "огро́мен"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "very large; gargantuan",
      "word": "valtava"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "very large; gargantuan",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "very large; gargantuan",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very large; gargantuan",
      "word": "léviathanique"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very large; gargantuan",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogrómnyj",
      "sense": "very large; gargantuan",
      "word": "огро́мный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gromádnyj",
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      "word": "грома́дный"
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}

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