gegant
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [ʒəˈɣan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʒəˈɣant]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒeˈɣant]
- Rhymes: -ant
Noun
[edit]gegant m (plural gegants)
- giant
- in Catalan festival processions, large papier-mâché figures of nobility
Adjective
[edit]gegant m or f (masculine and feminine plural gegants)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gegant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gegant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gegant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gegant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Categories:
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/ant
- Rhymes:Catalan/ant/2 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan adjectives
- Catalan epicene adjectives