gigants
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- giant object, animal or person of unusually large size
- giant person of extraordinary talent or influence in a given field
- (Greek mythology) giant member of a race of enormous beings, the children of Gaia and Uranus
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γίγας (giant, plural gigantes giant).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γίγας
Gloss
giant, plural gigantes giant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- giga- English
- gigās Latin
- gigās, gigas, gigantis Latin
- gigászi Hungarian
- γίγας Ancient Greek
- gigant Norwegian Bokmål
- gigant Norwegian Nynorsk
- gigant Czech
- gíga- Icelandic
- gigantisks Latvian
- gigantisms Latvian
- гигант Bulgarian