huge

== English == === Alternative forms === hudge (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English huge, from Old French ahuge (“high, lofty, great, large, huge”), of unknown origin. One theory derives it from an underlying Old French a hoge (“at height”), from a (“at, to”) + hoge (“a hill, height”), the latter from Frankish *haug or cognate 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-, whence also English 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