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gigant

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Czech

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɪɡant]
  • Hyphenation: gi‧gant

Noun

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gigant m anim

  1. giant (mythical being of superhuman size or a very tall or mighty person)

Declension

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Declension of gigant (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative gigant giganti
genitive giganta gigantů
dative gigantovi, gigantu gigantům
accusative giganta giganty
vocative gigante giganti
locative gigantovi, gigantu gigantech
instrumental gigantem giganty

Noun

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gigant m inan or m anim

  1. giant (very large company or organisation)

Usage notes

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  • In older dictionaries, this meaning is exclusively inanimate, but animate uses have been gaining ground.

Declension

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Declension of gigant (hard masculine inanimate // hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative gigant giganty, giganti
genitive gigantu, giganta gigantů
dative gigantu, gigantovi gigantům
accusative gigant, giganta giganty
vocative gigante giganty, giganti
locative gigantu, gigantovi gigantech
instrumental gigantem giganty

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “plural gigantes: giant”).

Noun

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gigant m (definite singular giganten, indefinite plural giganter, definite plural gigantene)

  1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
  2. a giant (very large company or organisation)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “plural gigantes: giant”).

Noun

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gigant m (definite singular giganten, indefinite plural gigantar, definite plural gigantane)

  1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
  2. a giant (very large company or organisation)

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas).

Noun

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gīgant m

  1. a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)
    Synonym: ent

Declension

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Declension of gigant (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative gīgant gīgantas
accusative gīgant gīgantas
genitive gīgantes gīganta
dative gīgante gīgantum

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Gigantēs.

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Noun

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gigant m pers

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) giant (Greek mythological creature)
  2. giant (person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual)
    Synonym: tytan

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Declension of gigant
singular plural
nominative gigant giganci/giganty (deprecative)
genitive giganta gigantów
dative gigantowi gigantom
accusative giganta gigantów
instrumental gigantem gigantami
locative gigancie gigantach
vocative gigancie giganci

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gigant m inan

  1. giant (large object)
  2. (slang) act of fleeing from home or other permanent residence
  3. (slang) roaming (instance of wandering)
    Synonym: włóczęga

Declension

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Declension of gigant
singular plural
nominative gigant giganty
genitive gigantu gigantów
dative gigantowi gigantom
accusative gigant giganty
instrumental gigantem gigantami
locative gigancie gigantach
vocative gigancie giganty

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adjective
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adverb
noun

Further reading

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  • gigant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gigant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian gigante, from Latin gigās, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).

Noun

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gigant m (plural giganți)

  1. giant

Declension

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Declension of gigant
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) gigant gigantul (niște) giganți giganții
genitive/dative (unui) gigant gigantului (unor) giganți giganților
vocative gigantule giganților
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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡǐɡant/
  • Hyphenation: gi‧gant

Noun

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gìgant m (Cyrillic spelling гѝгант)

  1. giant

Declension

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Declension of gigant
singular plural
nominative gigant giganti
genitive giganta gìganātā
dative gigantu gigantima
accusative giganta gigante
vocative gigante giganti
locative gigantu gigantima
instrumental gigantom gigantima

Swedish

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Noun

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gigant c

  1. a giant (from Greek mythology)
  2. (figuratively) a giant (prominent person, something large, etc.)
    en litterär gigant
    a literary giant
    en gigant bland giganter
    a giant among giants

Declension

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Declension of gigant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gigant giganten giganter giganterna
Genitive gigants gigantens giganters giganternas
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