What does géant in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word géant in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use géant in French.

The word géant in French means giant, giant, heavyweight, gigantic, enormous, awesome, Flemish Giant, with giant strides, with great strides, big screen, industry giant, industry heavyweight, Flemish Giant, giant panda, big step, giant step, sea scallop, giant slalom. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word géant

giant

(personne de taille très grande)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les ogres sont des géants.
Ogres are giants.

giant, heavyweight

(figuré (personne emblématique) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Victor Hugo est un géant de la littérature.
Victor Hugo is a literary giant (or: heavyweight).

gigantic, enormous

adjectif (de taille immense)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Les pyramides égyptiennes sont géantes.
The Egyptian pyramids are huge (or: massive).

awesome

adjectif (familier (incroyable, super) (slang)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Elle verra des stars ce soir, c'est géant !
She's going to see some stars tonight; it's awesome!

Flemish Giant

nom masculin (race de lapin) (rabbit)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le géant des Flandres est un grand lapin.
The Flemish Giant is a large rabbit.

with giant strides, with great strides

locution adverbiale (figuré (de façon très importante) (figurative)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

big screen

nom masculin (énorme écran dans lieu publique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La mairie a installé un écran géant sur la place de la ville pour que les habitants puissent voir tous les matches de leur équipe.

industry giant, industry heavyweight

nom masculin (multinationale industrielle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Flemish Giant

nom masculin (race de lapin) (rabbit)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

giant panda

nom masculin (race de panda)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

big step, giant step

nom masculin (figuré (grande avancée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

sea scallop

nom masculin (coquillage comestible)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

giant slalom

nom masculin (épreuve de ski) (skiing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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