gigantesque
French, adjective/ʒi.ɡɑ̃.tɛsk/
gigantesque is spelled G-I-G-A-N-T-E-S-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gigantesque is a French adjective meaning “gigantic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui dépasse considérablement la taille ordinaire”.
What does gigantesque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gigantic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui dépasse considérablement la taille ordinaire. 2. Qui excède beaucoup les proportions ordinaires.
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 gigantesque
- gigantesques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gigantesque?
- /ʒi.ɡɑ̃.tɛsk/
- \ʒi.ɡɑ̃.tɛsk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gigantesque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gigantesque in French?
gigantesque appears 7.4 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).