colosse
French, noun/kɔ.lɔs/
colosse is spelled C-O-L-O-S-S-E (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colosse is a French masculine noun meaning “colossus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Statue d’une grandeur extraordinaire”.
What does colosse mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolossus
- 2
masculinelarge person; a giant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Statue d’une grandeur extraordinaire. 2. Homme, animal de fort grande stature. 3. Empire, souverain très puissant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colosse
- colosses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colosse?
- /kɔ.lɔs/
- \kɔ.lɔs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colosse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colosse in French?
colosse appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).