Gargantua

See also: gargantua

French edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.ɡɑ̃.tɥa/

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Proper noun edit

Gargantua m

(fiction) A giant with a very large appetite in François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Pantagruel

Further reading edit

“Gargantua”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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