adj
Meaning 1
Extremely large or on a great scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A single puppy can make a colossal mess.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
colossal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈlɒsəl/
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General-American, dialectal: /kəˈlɑsəl/ of Canada
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Canada, dialectal: /kəˈlɒsəl/ of the US
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Australian: /kəˈlɔsəl/
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New-Zealand: /kəˈlɒsəl/
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rhymes with -ɒsəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple
- has a colossal nerve
- a prodigious storm
- a stupendous field of grass
- stupendous demand
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prodigious, stupendous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós)bor. Latin colossusslbor. French colosse Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French colossalder. English colossal From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: ضَخْم (ḍaḵm) — extremely large
- Arabic: هَائِل (hāʔil) — extremely large
- Arabic: جَبَّار (jabbār) — extremely large
- Belarusian: каласа́льны (kalasálʹny) — extremely large
- Belarusian: велічэ́зны (vjeličézny) — extremely large
- Belarusian: веліза́рны (vjelizárny) — extremely large
- Belarusian: вялі́зны (vjalízny) — extremely large
- Belarusian: аграма́дны (ahramádny) — extremely large
- Bulgarian: огро́мен (ogrómen) — extremely large
- Bulgarian: колоса́лен (kolosálen) — extremely large
- Catalan: colossal — extremely large
- Chinese Mandarin: 巨大的 (jùdà de) — extremely large
- Czech: kolosální — extremely large
- Czech: ohromný — extremely large
- Czech: obrovský — extremely large
- Danish: kolossal — extremely large
- Dutch: kolossaal — extremely large
- Esperanto: kolosa — extremely large
- Esperanto: supermezura — extremely large
- Finnish: valtava — extremely large
- Finnish: jättiläismäinen — extremely large
- French: colossal — extremely large
- German: riesig — extremely large
- German: gewaltig — extremely large
- German: immens — extremely large
- German: kolossal — extremely large
- German: riesengroß — extremely large
- German: ungeheuer — extremely large
- Greek: κολοσσιαίος (kolossiaíos) — extremely large
- Ancient Greek: κολοσσικός (kolossikós) — extremely large
- Ancient Greek: κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos) — extremely large
- Irish: ábhalmhór — extremely large
- Italian: colossale — extremely large
- Japanese: 巨大な (kyodai na) — extremely large
- Kazakh: зор (zor) — extremely large
- Korean: 거대하다 (geodaehada) — extremely large
- Central Kurdish: مەزن (mezn) — extremely large
- Northern Kurdish: debdebe — extremely large
- Northern Kurdish: dêwasa — extremely large
- Latin: colossēus — extremely large
- Macedonian: џиновски (džinovski) — extremely large
- Macedonian: колоса́лен (kolosálen) — extremely large
- Macedonian: огромен (ogromen) — extremely large
- Norwegian Bokmål: kolossal — extremely large
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kolossal — extremely large
- Persian: ژنده (žande) — extremely large
- Polish: kolosalny — extremely large
- Polish: ogromny — extremely large
- Polish: olbrzymi — extremely large
- Portuguese: colossal — extremely large
- Romanian: colosal — extremely large
- Russian: колосса́льный (kolossálʹnyj) — extremely large
- Russian: грома́дный (gromádnyj) — extremely large
- Russian: грандио́зный (grandióznyj) — extremely large
- Russian: огро́мный (ogrómnyj) — extremely large
- Russian: гига́нтский (gigántskij) — extremely large
- Serbo-Croatian: ко̏лоса̄лан — extremely large
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏гро̄ман — extremely large
- Serbo-Croatian: kȍlosālan — extremely large
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍgrōman — extremely large
- Slovak: kolosálny — extremely large
- Slovak: ohromný — extremely large
- Slovak: obrovský — extremely large
- Slovene: kolosalen — extremely large
- Slovene: ogromen — extremely large
- Spanish: colosal — extremely large
- Spanish: descomunal — extremely large
- Swedish: kolossal — extremely large
- Tày: cải luông — extremely large
- Turkish: devasa — extremely large
- Ukrainian: колоса́льний (kolosálʹnyj) — extremely large
- Ukrainian: величе́зний (velyčéznyj) — extremely large
- Vietnamese: đồ sộ — extremely large