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jättiläinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • behemoth noun Something enormous and powerful, especially a huge organization, machine, or creature.
  • giant noun A legendary humanlike being of enormous size and strength.
  • mega adjective Extremely large in size, scale, or importance.
  • ogre noun A large, ugly, monstrous creature in folklore, known for its brutish strength and appetite for humans.

Senses

jättiläinen is used for these senses in English:

  • behemoth (figurative) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
  • giant Very large.
  • giant A mythical human of very great size.
  • giant A very tall and large person.
  • giant (astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
  • mega (informal) Very large.
  • ogre (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
  • ogreish Resembling an ogre; cruel and wicked.

giant — full definition

  1. noun A legendary humanlike being of enormous size and strength.
  2. noun A person or thing that is exceptionally large, powerful, or important in its field.
  3. adjective Extremely large.

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