huge

== English == === Alternative forms === hudge (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English huge, from Old French ahuge (“high, lofty, great, large, huge”), from a hoge (“at height”), from a (“at, to”) + hoge (“a hill, height”), from Frankish *haug, *houg (“height, hill”) or Old Norse haugr (“hill”); both from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“hill, mound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowkós (“hill, mound”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *kewk-. Akin to Old High German houg (“mound”) (compare related German Hügel (“hill”)), Old Norse haugr (“mound”), Lithuanian kaũkaras (“hill”), Old High German hōh (“high”) (whence German hoch), Old English hēah (“high”). More at high. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /hjuːd͡ʒ/, [ç(j)u̟ːd͡ʒ] (New York City, some other US dialects) IPA(key): /juːdʒ/ (Norfolk) IPA(key): [hʊudʒ] Rhymes: -uːdʒ === Adjective === huge (comparative huger or more huge, superlative hugest or most huge) Very large. Synonyms: great; see also Thesaurus:large (informal) Very strong, powerful, or dedicated. Synonym: great (informal) Very interesting, significant, or popular. Synonym: great ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “very large”): tiny, small, minuscule, midget, dwarf ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “huge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “huge”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === e-hug, eugh, gehu == Middle English == === Alternative forms === heug, heuge, hoege, hoge, hogge, hogh, hoige, houge, hugge === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French ahuge, a form of ahoge, of unknown origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhiu̯d͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈhud͡ʒ(ə)/ === Adjective === huge huge, large, enormous great, severe, excessive, prominent numerous, plentiful ==== Derived terms ==== hugely hugenesse ==== Descendants ==== English: huge Scots: huge, hudge ==== References ==== “hūǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2018. === Adverb === huge hugely, greatly ==== References ==== “hūǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2018. == Middle French == === Noun === huge f (plural huges) market stall