Titan

See also: titan, títan, Titán, and titán

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Pronunciation

enPR: tīʹtən, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪtən/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪtən
Homophones: tighten, titan
Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

Titan (plural Titans)

Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:Titan

Derived terms

Translations

mythological giant

Arabic: تَايْتَان‎ m (taytān)
Catalan: Tità m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 提坦 (Títǎn)
Finnish: titaani (fi)
French: Titan (fr) m
Georgian: ტიტანი (ṭiṭani)
German: Titan (de) m
Greek: Τιτάνας (el) m (Titánas)
Ancient: Τιτάν m (Titán)
Hawaiian: Kaikana

Hungarian: titán (hu)
Italian: Titano (it)
Japanese: チタン (ja) (Chitan), ティーターン (Tītān)
Korean: 티탄 (ko) (Titan)
Polish: tytan (pl) m
Portuguese: titã (pt) m
Russian: Тита́н (ru) m (Titán)
Serbo-Croatian: титан m (titan)
Spanish: Titán
Swahili: Titani

Proper noun

Titan

The moon Titan

(Greek mythology) Another name for Helios, a personification of the Sun.
(astronomy) The largest moon of the planet Saturn.

Translations

moon of Saturn

Arabic: تَايْتَان‎ m (taytān)
Belarusian: Тытан m (Tytán)
Bulgarian: Титан m (Titán)
Catalan: Tità m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 土衛六 (zh), 土卫六 (zh) (Tǔwèiliù), 泰坦 (zh) (Tàitǎn)
Esperanto: Titano
Finnish: Titan (fi)
French: Titan (fr) m
German: Titan (de) m
Greek: Τιτάνας (el) m (Titánas)
Hawaiian: Kaikana
Hungarian: Titán (hu)

Italian: Titano (it) m
Japanese: タイタン (ja) (Taitan)
Korean: 타이탄 (Taitan)
Macedonian: Титан m (Titán)
Polish: Tytan (pl) m
Portuguese: Titã (pt) f
Russian: Тита́н (ru) m (Titán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Титан m

Roman: Titan m
Spanish: Titán m
Ukrainian: Титан m (Tytán)

Anagrams

'taint, Nitta, nitta, taint, tinta

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiˈtaːn/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

Latin Tītān (Tītānus), Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán)

Noun

Titan m (genitive Titans or Titanen, plural Titanen)

titan (giant)

Related terms

titanisch

Etymology 2

Noun

Titan n (genitive Titans, no plural)

titanium

Coordinate terms

(Chemical Element): Previous: Scandium. Next: Vanadium

Japanese

Romanization

Titan

Rōmaji transcription of ティタン

Luxembourgish

Chemical element
Ti	Previous: Scandium (Sc)
Ti	Next: Vanadium (V)

Noun

Titan ? (uncountable)

titanium

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