different between kraken vs leviathan

English

Noun

kraken (plural krakens)

1. Alternative form of Kraken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cr?ken, from Old Dutch *krakon, from Proto-Germanic *krak?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kra?k?(n)/

Verb

kraken

1. (transitive) to crack, break open (a shell)
2. (intransitive) to make a creaky sound, like something being cracked
3. (transitive) to break up into (chemical) components
4. (transitive, figuratively) to break someone mentally
5. (transitive, figuratively) to solve a code
6. (transitive and intransitive, figuratively) to practise chiropractic (on a patient)
7. (transitive, figuratively) to squat (a building)
8. (intransitive) to start (said of the day)

Inflection

Synonyms

• (start): krieken

Derived terms

Related terms

• krak

Noun

kraken

1. Plural form of kraak
2. Alternative form of kraak.

Anagrams

• kanker

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian kraken (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), definite singular of krake (“sea monster”) (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), both from Old Norse kraki (“sea monster”, literally “something twisted”), from Proto-Germanic *krankaz (“crooked”).

Noun

kraken m (plural krakens)

1. Kraken

References

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kraken

1. definite singular of krake

Swedish

Noun

kraken

1. definite form singular of krake

English

Etymology

From Middle English levyethan, levyathan, etc., from Late Latin leviathan, a biblical transliteration of Hebrew ?????????? (liv'yatán).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?-v???-th?n, IPA^(key): /l??va?.?.??n/
• Rhymes: -a????n

Noun

leviathan (plural leviathans)

1. (biblical) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.
2. (figuratively) Something monstrously large or mighty in size, strength, wealth, etc.

   Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, mammoth, titan

3. (political science) The political state, especially a domineering and totalitarian one as theorized by Thomas Hobbes.

Translations

Adjective

leviathan (not comparable)

1. Very large; gargantuan.

Translations

See also

• enormous
• giant
• ginormous

Further reading

• leviathan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia