colosso

Galician

Noun

colosso m (plural colossos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of coloso

Further reading

  • colosso” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlɔs.so/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsso
  • Hyphenation: co‧lòs‧so

Noun

colosso m (plural colossi)

  1. colossus
  2. giant

Further reading

  • colosso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

colossō

  1. dative/ablative singular of colossus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlo.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlo.so/

Noun

colosso m (plural colossos)

  1. colossus (statue of gigantic size)
  2. any creature or thing of gigantic size

Further reading