English

Etymology
wikipedia|Colossus of Rhodes
From L. #Latin|colossus < AGr. polytonic|κολο���� (kolossos) "large statue", especially the colossus of Rhodes.

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�s�s|-�s�s

Noun
en-noun|es|pl2=colossi

#A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
#Any man or beast of gigantic size.

Translations

French: colosse m
German: Koloss m
Greek: κολο���� (kolossós) m
Italian: colosso m
Japanese: 巨人 (kyojín)
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Latin: colossus#Latin|colossus m
Portuguese: colosso m
Russian: коло�� (kolóss) m
Spanish: coloso m

Latin

Etymology
From AGr.|la polytonic|κολο���� (kolossos) "large statue", especially the colossus of Rhodes.

Noun
colossus (genitive colossi); m, Wiktionary Appendix:Latin second declension|second declension

1. #English|colossus

See also
Colosseum

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