giganto
See also: Giganto
English
Adjective
giganto (comparative more giganto, superlative most giganto)
- (neologism) giant; gigantic.
- 2004, Gretchen Becker, Prediabetes, What You Need to Know to Keep Diabetes Away, Marlowe & Company, →ISBN and →ISBN, page 112
- it’s hard to order a small chicken salad at a fast-food restaurant if everyone else is getting the Giganto Cheeseburger Deal with a bushel of fries and a gallon of soda.
- 2006, Susan “Sue” Dunlap, A Single Eye, Carroll & Graf Publishers, →ISBN and →ISBN, page 94
- It was a huge giganto embarrassment.
- 2007, Susan Isaacs, Past Perfect, A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN and →ISBN, page 299
- Also, even with her giganto implants, Dani could get through a smaller opening than I.
- 2007, Susan R. S. K. Carlton, Lobsterland, Macmillan, →ISBN and →ISBN, page 76
- For some random reason, I think of the doctor at the Eye Guy holding those giganto clicky circles over my eyes when I needed new glasses.
- 2004, Gretchen Becker, Prediabetes, What You Need to Know to Keep Diabetes Away, Marlowe & Company, →ISBN and →ISBN, page 112
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiˈɡanto/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gi‧gan‧to
Noun
giganto (accusative singular giganton, plural gigantoj, accusative plural gigantojn)
- (mythology) giant
- 1906, Kabe (translator), “La senditoj de morto”, in Elektitaj Fabeloj, translation of Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm:
- "Kio?" diris la giganto, "vi hometo, kiun mi povus dispremi inter la fingroj, vi volas bari al mi la vojon?"
- "What?" said the giant, "you runt, who I could crush between my fingers, you want to block my way?"
-
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Borrowing from Esperanto giganto, German Gigant, Russian гигант (gigant), Italian gigante, Spanish gigante, English giant and French géant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiˈɡan.to/
Noun
giganto (plural giganti)
- giant (oversized mythical human)
- 1911, Mondolinguo, page 154.
- Lor[sic?] il rekomendis su a sua protektanta spirito ed akompanis la giganti ad infre la longa eskalero aden subtera tombo.
- Then he recommended himself to his protective spirit and accompanied the giants down the long flight of stairs into the subterranean tomb.
- 1911, Mondolinguo, page 154.
Derived terms
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.