gargantuan

== English == === Alternative forms === Gargantuan === Etymology === From French Gargantua, a giant with a very large appetite in Rabelais's The Inestimable Life of Gargantua. Rabelais derived Gargantua from the Portuguese and Spanish garganta (“throat”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɑːˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɡɑɹˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɡaːˈɡæn.t͡ʃʉ.ən/ === Adjective === gargantuan (comparative more gargantuan, superlative most gargantuan) Huge; immense; tremendous. Synonyms: colossal, enormous, giant, huge, humongous, immense; see also Thesaurus:large (obsolete) Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “gargantuan”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “gargantuan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gargantuan”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “gargantuan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “gargantuan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “gargantuan”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 “gargantuan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.