• enPR: lə-vī'ə-thən, IPA: /lə.ˈvaɪ.ə.θən/

leviathan (not comparable)

1. Very large; gargantuan.

• French: léviathanique
• Russian: огро́мный

leviathan (plural leviathans)

1. (Bible) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Job 41:1 ↗:

     Canſt thou draw out Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde which thou letteſt downe?

2. Something large; behemoth.

   That man was a leviathan! He took up a whole row of seats at the theatre.

• French: léviathan
• German: Leviathan, Meerungeheuer
• Italian: leviatano
• Portuguese: leviatã
• Russian: левиафа́н
• Spanish: leviatán