giant

English

/ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/, /ˈdʒaɪnt/

noun
Definitions
  • A mythical human of very great size.
  • (mythology) Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
  • A very tall and large person.
  • A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
  • (astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
  • (computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
  • A very large organisation.
  • A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
  • jotun

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English geaunt derived from Old French geant derived from Latin *gagās, gigās derived 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