different between colossal vs mountainous

English

Etymology

From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kolossós, “giant statue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l?s?l/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Adjective

colossal (comparative more colossal, superlative most colossal)

1. Extremely large or on a great scale.
2. Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.

Synonyms

• (extremely large): enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Related terms

• colosseum
• colossus

Translations

Anagrams

• alcosols

French

Etymology

Formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kolossós) (originally used by Herodotus in reference to statues in ancient Egyptian temples).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?.sal/

Adjective

colossal (feminine singular colossale, masculine plural colossaux, feminine plural colossales)

1. colossal, huge

Derived terms

• calmar colossal

Further reading

• “colossal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

From colosso +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ko.lo.?saw/

Adjective

colossal m or f (plural colossais, comparable)

1. colossal (extremely large)

   Synonyms: gigante, enorme

English

Etymology

From mountain +? -ous after Middle French montagneux, itself from montaigne or Late Latin mont?ni?sus, in turn from Latin mont?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?nt?n?s/

Adjective

mountainous (comparative more mountainous, superlative most mountainous)

1. Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
2. Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
3. (figuratively, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
4. (obsolete) Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• hilly