different between behemoth vs colossal

English

Etymology

From Middle English behemoth, bemoth, from Late Latin behemoth, from Hebrew ?????????? (behemót). The Hebrew word is either:

• an intensive plural of ????????? (behemá, “beast”), from Proto-Semitic (compare Ge'ez ??? (b?hmä, “to be dumb, to be speechless”), Arabic ? ? ?? (b-h-m)), or
• less likely, a borrowing of Egyptian (*p?-j?-mw, “hippopotamus”, literally “the ox of the water”), from p? (“definite article”) + j? (“ox, cattle”) + mw (“water”) in a direct genitive construction; for the pronunciation, cf. the later Coptic descendants ?- (p-) + ??? (ehe) + ???? (moou).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??hi(?)m??/, /?bi???m??/

Noun

behemoth (plural behemoths)

1. (biblical) A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15–24.

   Coordinate term: leviathan
2. (by extension) Any great and mighty monster.
3. (figuratively) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.

   Synonyms: colossus, leviathan, mammoth, titan

Derived terms

• behemothian
• behemothic

Translations

See also

• leviathan

Further reading

• behemoth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kolossós, “giant statue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l?s?l/
• Rhymes: -?s?l

Adjective

colossal (comparative more colossal, superlative most colossal)

1. Extremely large or on a great scale.
2. Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.

Synonyms

• (extremely large): enormous, giant, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Related terms

• colosseum
• colossus

Translations

Anagrams

• alcosols

French

Etymology

Formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kolossós) (originally used by Herodotus in reference to statues in ancient Egyptian temples).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?.sal/

Adjective

colossal (feminine singular colossale, masculine plural colossaux, feminine plural colossales)

1. colossal, huge

Derived terms

• calmar colossal

Further reading

• “colossal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

From colosso +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ko.lo.?saw/

Adjective

colossal m or f (plural colossais, comparable)

1. colossal (extremely large)

   Synonyms: gigante, enorme