gigante

See also: Gigante

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, giant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɡan.te/
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  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: gi‧gàn‧te

Adjective

gigante (plural giganti)

  1. (relational) giant; huge, gigantic, colossal
    Synonyms: enorme, gigantesco, colossale

Noun

gigante m (plural giganti, feminine gigantessa)

  1. giant
    Synonym: colosso
    Antonym: nano

Derived terms

Latin

Noun

gigante

  1. ablative singular of gigāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, giant).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒiˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒiˈɡɐ̃.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒiˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [ʒiˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
  • Hyphenation: gi‧gan‧te

Adjective

gigante m or f (plural gigantes)

  1. huge; gigantic
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grande

Antonyms

Noun

gigante m (plural gigantes, feminine giganta, feminine plural gigantas)

  1. giant (mythical human)
  2. (sometimes offensive) giant (a very tall person)
    Synonym: (Brazil, offensive) poste
    Antonyms: anão, baixinho, nanico, duende
  3. giant (one of the Gigantes of Greek mythology)

Derived terms

Sardinian

Alternative forms

  • ghigante

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, giant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈɡante/

Adjective

gigante (plural gigantes)

  1. huge, giant, gigantic

Noun

gigante m (plural gigantes)

  1. giant

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, giant). Cognate with English giant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xiˈɡante/ [xiˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: gi‧gan‧te

Adjective

gigante m or f (masculine and feminine plural gigantes)

  1. giant, gigantic

Noun

gigante m (plural gigantes, feminine giganta, feminine plural gigantas)

  1. giant
  2. juggernaut

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cebuano: higante
  • Tagalog: higante

Further reading

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