🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

gigante

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gigante

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
behemoth/bɪˈhiːmɒθ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Quella compagnia è un vero e propio gigante commerciale."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A huge or monstrous creature, or something extremely large and powerful, such as a corporation.

    "The local bookstore was crushed by the retail behemoth."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from late Latin behemoth, from Hebrew bĕhēmōth, plural (used as an intensive) of bĕhēmah 'beast'.

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