different between gigantic vs jumbo

English

Alternative forms

• gigantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (gigantikós), ultimately from ????? (gígas, “giant”). According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?-g?n't?k, IPA^(key): /d?a???ænt?k/
• Rhymes: -ænt?k

Adjective

gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)

1. Very large.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 1 p. 1[1]:

     Thou Genius of the place (this most renowned Ile)

     Which livedst long before the All-earth-drowning Flood,

     Whilst yet the world did swarme with her Gigantick brood;

2. In the manner of a giant.

Synonyms

• gigantesque
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

• gigantism

Related terms

• giant

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

gigant +? -ic

Adjective

gigantic m or n (feminine singular gigantic?, masculine plural gigantici, feminine and neuter plural gigantice)

1. giant

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???mb??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???mbo?/
• Rhymes: -?mb??
• Hyphenation: jum?bo

Etymology 1

From Jumbo (1860–1885), the name given to a large African elephant from East Africa that was purchased in 1882 by American showman P. T. Barnum (1810–1891) for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Compare Swahili jambo (“matter, thing”) and jumbe (“chief, headman”).

Adjective

jumbo (not comparable)

1. Especially large or powerful.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

jumbo (plural jumbos)

1. An especially large or powerful person, animal, or thing.
2. (engineering) A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.

   Synonym: drilling jumbo

Translations

See also

• Jumbomania

Etymology 2

From (mumbo) jumbo.

Noun

jumbo (plural jumbos)

1. (paganism, historical) Short for mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).

Further reading

• drilling jumbo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jumbo (elephant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• jumbo (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jumbo/, [?jumbo?]
• Rhymes: -umbo
• Syllabification: jum?bo

Etymology 1

After the circus elephant of the same name, as elephants are considered slow. A similar expression is found in Swedish jumbo. For the origin of the name, see English jumbo.

Noun

jumbo (not comparable)

1. (informal) last, last one, especially in a competition

Declension

Synonyms

• viimeinen

Compounds

• jumbofinaali
• jumbosija

Etymology 2

From English jumbo, from the same origin as above.

Noun

jumbo

1. jumbo jet
2. Short for porausjumbo (drilling jumbo).
3. (as modifier) very large

Declension

Synonyms

• (jumbojet): jumbojetti

Compounds

• jumbojetti
• jumbokoko
• jumbokokoinen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English jumbo ("An especially large or powerful person, animal or thing").

Noun

jumbo m (definite singular jumboen, indefinite plural jumboer, definite plural jumboene)

1. a person or team that finishes last (in competitions)

Derived terms

• jumboplass

References

• “jumbo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “jumbo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English jumbo ("An especially large or powerful person, animal or thing").

Noun

jumbo m (definite singular jumboen, indefinite plural jumboar, definite plural jumboane)

1. a person or team that finishes last (in competitions)

Derived terms

• jumboplass

References

• “jumbo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.