different between ginormous vs jumbo

English

Etymology

Blend of gigantic +? enormous

Merriam-Webster traces ginormous back to 1948, when it appeared in a British dictionary of military slang.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?a??n??(?)m?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?s

Adjective

ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)

1. (informal) Very large.
   • 1986, Jazz (Autobot), Transformers The Movie

     “This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.”

   • 1999, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World Book #7 page 20

     Walt Disney World is ginormous. Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

• ginormously
• ginormousness

Translations

See also

• hunormous

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.