"colosse" meaning in Français

See colosse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \kɔ.lɔs\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-colosse.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-colosse.wav Forms: colosses [plural]
  1. Statue d’une grandeur extraordinaire.
    Sense id: fr-colosse-fr-noun-192Vk7Pk Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Homme, animal de fort grande stature. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: fr-colosse-fr-noun-HbTfiKkw Categories (other): Exemples en français
  3. Empire, souverain très puissant. Tags: dated, figuratively
    Sense id: fr-colosse-fr-noun-TnJF8I5u Categories (other): Exemples en français, Métaphores en français, Termes vieillis en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colosse aux pieds d’argile Derived forms (uriner, pour un homme): faire pleurer le colosse Translations (Homme ou animal de grande stature): colossus (Anglais), κολοσσός [masculine] (Grec), kolosszus (Hongrois), omenàs (Occitan), colos (Roumain), гигант (gigánt) (Russe) Translations (Statue géante): Koloss (Allemand), colossus (Anglais), koloso (Basque), colós [masculine] (Catalan), coloso (Espagnol), κολοσσός (Grec), κολοσσός (kolossós) (Grec ancien), kolosszus (Hongrois), colosso (Italien), colossus (Latin), kolos (Polonais), colosso (Portugais), colos (Roumain), колосс (kolóss) (Russe), kolos (Tchèque)

Inflected forms

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