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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Ti | |
| Previous: skándij (Sc) | |
| Next: vanádij (V) | |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
titȃn m inan
Inflection edit
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| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | titán | |
| genitive | titána | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
titán | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | titan | titanet | — | — |
| Genitive | titans | titanets | — | — |
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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