géant

Inherited from Old French gaiant, jaiant, jaianz, from Vulgar Latin *gagantem, through assimilation from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɑ̃/

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géant m (plural géants, feminine géante)

1. giant
2. (skiing) giant slalom

géant (feminine géante, masculine plural géants, feminine plural géantes)

1. giant, huge, enormous

• “géant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• agent
• étang
• gante, ganté
• gênât