titan
English edit
Etymology edit
From Titan.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: tīʹtən, IPA(key): /ˈtaɪtən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtən
- Homophones: tighten, Titan
Noun edit
titan (plural titans)
- Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:
- The battle of the titans at the bridal door explodes into the marketplace; and wall and doorpost shatter as they fight with the fury of bulls.
- 2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian:
- In that context Scotland's fate is a modest element, a symptom of wider fragmentation of the current global order, a footnote to the fall of empire and the Berlin Wall, important to us and punchdrunk neighbours like France and Italy, a mere curiosity to emerging titans like Brazil.
- 2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Whitney, mother of Xavier, is a real estate titan who, along with her British husband, has found her niche selling luxurious underground bunkers to wealthy clients looking for a safe space to hunker down in the event of a climate apocalypse.
Derived terms edit
terms derived from titan (noun)
Translations edit
something or someone large in stature, greatness or godliness
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Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Chemical element | |
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Ti | |
Previous: skandium (Ca) | |
Next: vanad (V) |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
titan m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Noun edit
titan m (plural titans)
Further reading edit
- “titan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Miskito edit
Noun edit
titan
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)
References edit
“titan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)
- titanium (as above)
References edit
- “titan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Chemical element | |
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Ti | |
Previous: scandiu (Sc) | |
Next: vanadiu (V) |
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
titan n (uncountable)
- titanium (chemical element)
Declension edit
declension of titan (singular only)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
titan m (plural titani)
Declension edit
Declension of titan
References edit
- titan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Slovene edit
Chemical element | |
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Ti | |
Previous: skándij (Sc) | |
Next: vanádij (V) |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
titȃn m inan
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | titán | |
genitive | titána | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
titán | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
titána | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
titánu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
titán | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
titánu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
titánom |
Further reading edit
- “titan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish edit
Chemical element | |
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Ti | |
Previous: skandium (Sc) | |
Next: vanadin (V) |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).
Noun edit
titan c
- (mythology) Titan; giant god
- a titan, a giant, a great or important person
- (specifically) a nickname for August Strindberg
Declension edit
Declension of titan | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | titan | titanen | titaner | titanerna |
Genitive | titans | titanens | titaners | titanernas |
Etymology 2 edit
German Titan (or Latin titanium), named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth after the Greek mythological Titans (as Etymology 1).
Noun edit
titan n
Declension edit
Declension of titan | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | titan | titanet | — | — |
Genitive | titans | titanets | — | — |
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
Chemical element | |
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Ti | |
Previous: skandiyum (Li) | |
Next: vanadyum (V) |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
titan (definite accusative titanı, plural titanlar)
- titanium (chemical element)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | titan | |
Definite accusative | titanı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | titan | titanlar |
Definite accusative | titanı | titanları |
Dative | titana | titanlara |
Locative | titanda | titanlarda |
Ablative | titandan | titanlardan |
Genitive | titanın | titanların |
Synonyms edit
Vietnamese edit
Chemical element | |
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Ti | |
Previous: scanđi (Sc) | |
Next: vanađi (V) |
Etymology edit
From French titane, from German Titan.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ti˧˧ taːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɪj˧˧ taːn˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɪj˧˧ taːn˧˧]
- Phonetic: ti tań
Noun edit
titan