• IPA: /ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/
  • (dialectal, nonstandard) IPA: /ˈdʒaɪnt/

giant (plural giants)

1. A mythical human of very great size.
2. (mythology) Specifically, any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
3. A very tall and large person.
4. A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
5. (astronomy) A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature (e.g. red giant, blue giant).
6. (computing) An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
7. A very large organisation.

   The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.

8. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:

     But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […].

9. jotun

See also: Thesaurus:giant

• French: géant
• German: Riese, Riesin, Gigant, Gigantin
• Italian: gigante, colosso
• Portuguese: gigante
• Russian: велика́н
• Spanish: gigante

• German: Gigant
• Portuguese: gigante
• Russian: гига́нт

• French: géant
• German: Riese, Riesin, Hüne, Hünin
• Italian: colosso
• Portuguese: gigante
• Russian: велика́н

• German: Riese
• Italian: gigante
• Portuguese: gigante
• Russian: гига́нт

giant (not comparable)

1. Very large.

• colossal, enormous, gigantic, immense, prodigious, vast
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

• dwarf
• midget

• German: riesig, gigantisch
• Portuguese: gigante, gigantesco
• Russian: гига́нтский
• Spanish: gigantesco

giant (plural giants)

1. (baseball) A player for the San Francisco Giants.
2. (American football) A player for the New York Giants.