titanic
See also: Titanic
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: tītănʹĭk IPA(key): /taɪˈtænɪk/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ænɪk
- Hyphenation: ti‧tan‧ic
Etymology 1 edit
See Titanic.
Adjective edit
titanic (not generally comparable, comparative more titanic, superlative most titanic)
- Alternative letter-case form of Titanic
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From titan(ium) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns), in the case of sense 1 (“of or relating to titanium”) modelled after French titanique.[1]
Adjective edit
titanic (not comparable)
- (inorganic chemistry) Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium.
- (mineralogy) Of a mineral, especially iron ore: containing titanium, or from which titanium may be extracted.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) titanian, titaniferous
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium
of a mineral, especially iron ore: containing titanium, or from which titanium may be extracted
References edit
- ^ “titanic, adj.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “titanic2, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
- titanic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- titanium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French titanique. By surface analysis, titan + -ic.
Adjective edit
titanic m or n (feminine singular titanică, masculine plural titanici, feminine and neuter plural titanice)
Declension edit
Declension of titanic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | titanic | titanică | titanici | titanice | ||
definite | titanicul | titanica | titanicii | titanicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | titanic | titanice | titanici | titanice | ||
definite | titanicului | titanicei | titanicilor | titanicelor |