/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪnt/, /ˈd͡ʒʌɪ.ənt/
OriginFrom Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”) Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Displaced native Old English ent. Compare Modern English ent (“giant tree-man”).
- A mythical human of very great size.
- Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
- An eoten or jotun.
“The giants also had been outlawed along with Satan because they had fought against god.”
- A very tall and large person.
“"It's barbarous, Norsus." "It's Rome," said the giant flatly.”
- A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
- A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
- An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
- A very large organization.
“The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.”
“Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson says it will continue to sell its talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder in the UK and the rest of the world, despite stopping sales in the US and Canada.”
- A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
“But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The li”
“she's not the intellectual giant”
- A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
- A player for the San Francisco Giants.
- A player for the New York Giants.
- not-comparableVery large.
“The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo ste”
Formsgiants(plural) · giaunt(alternative, obsolete) · Giants(plural)