טיטאַן

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Tītān, Tītānus, Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Noun

טיטאַן • (titan) m, plural טיטאַנען (titanen)

1. titan

Usage notes

• Unlike its German cognate Titan, the word is usually not used for the chemical element titanium. טיטאַניום (titanyum) is generally used instead.

References

Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “טיטאַן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN