titan

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see also: Titan

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Pronunciation

• enPR: tīʹtən, IPA: /ˈtaɪtən/

Noun

titan (plural titans)

1. Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
   • 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe ↗", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:

     In that context Scotland's fate is a modest element, a symptom of wider fragmentation of the current global order, a footnote to the fall of empire and the Berlin Wall, important to us and punchdrunk neighbours like France and Italy, a mere curiosity to emerging titans like Brazil.

Translations

• French: titan
• German: Titan
• Russian: тита́н
• Spanish: titán

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Titan

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Pronunciation

• enPR: tīʹtən, IPA: /ˈtaɪtən/

Noun

titan (plural titans)

1. Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:Titan

Translations

• French: Titan
• German: Titan
• Italian: Titano
• Portuguese: titã
• Russian: Тита́н
• Spanish: Titán

Proper noun

1. (Greek mythology) Another name for Helios, a personification of the Sun.
2. (astronomy) The largest moon of the planet Saturn.

Translations

• French: Titan
• German: Titan
• Italian: Titano
• Portuguese: Titã
• Russian: Тита́н
• Spanish: Titán

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