Leviathan

See also: leviathan and léviathan

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from English leviathan (“monster”).

Proper noun

†Leviathan

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family †Mammutidae – junior synonym of †Mammut.
  2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the superfamily Physeteroidea – replaced in favour of †Livyatan.

References

English

Noun

Leviathan (plural Leviathans)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of leviathan.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew לויתן.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [leˈvi̯aːtan]
  • Hyphenation: Le‧vi‧a‧than
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Leviathan m (strong, genitive Leviathans, plural Leviathane)

  1. (biblical) leviathan

Declension

Declension of Leviathan [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Leviathan die Leviathane
genitive eines des Leviathans der Leviathane
dative einem dem Leviathan den Leviathanen
accusative einen den Leviathan die Leviathane

Descendants

  • Russian: левиафан (leviafan)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.