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colossal
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)
- Extremely large or on a great scale.
- 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)
- 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)
- colossal (extremely large)
- Synonyms: gigante, enorme
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sizeable
English
Adjective
sizeable (comparative more sizeable, superlative most sizeable)
- (Britain, alternative in Canada) Alternative spelling of sizable
- 2015, Daniel Taylor, Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero too good for Chelsea as Diego Costa labours (in The Guardian, 16 August 2015)[1]
- City look stronger, fitter and more motivated than last season and even at this early stage the gap feels like a sizeable advantage.
- 2015, Daniel Taylor, Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero too good for Chelsea as Diego Costa labours (in The Guardian, 16 August 2015)[1]
Derived terms
- sizeableness
- sizeably
- unsizeable
Anagrams
- seizable
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