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Titanic en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- tītănʹĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /taɪˈtænɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Late Latin Titanicus, or its etymon Ancient Greek Τιτανικός (Titanikós, “of or relating to the Titans”), from Τιτᾶνες (Titânes, “Titans”) + -ικός (-ikós, “suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives”). Τιτᾶνες (Titânes) is the nominative or vocative plural of Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́n, “a Titan”), and then possibly:
* from τῐ́σῐς (tĭ́sĭs, “payment; atonement, penalty, punishment, retribution, reward; vengeance”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pay; to avenge”); or
* from τιταίνω (titaínō, “to extend, stretch”), from τείνω (teínō, “to extend, stretch; to spread; to exert, push to the limit, strain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to extend, stretch”); or
* from τίτο (títo, “sun; day”), originally borrowed from Anatolian.
The English word is analyzable as Titan + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, usually) Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology.
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(broadly, comparable, not-comparable, usually) Having great size, or great force, power, or strength.
Rome—Rome imperial, bows her to the storm, / In the same dust and blackness, and we pass / The skeleton of her Titanic form, / Wrecks of another world, whose ashes still are warm.
1818, Lord Byron, “Canto IV”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza XLVI, page 26:And still in the distracted distance we beheld the tumults of the outer concentric circles, and saw successive pods of whales, eight or ten in each, swiftly going round and round, like multiplied spans of horses in a ring; and so closely shoulder to shoulder, that a Titanic circus-rider might easily have overarched the middle ones, and so have gone round on their backs.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Grand Armada”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, pages 430–431:
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(broadly, not-comparable, usually) Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants.
Forms
Antonyms
mini · wee · undersized · pint-sized · small · modest · lit'l · low · pocket-size · compact · petty · insignificant · little · fun-sized · slim · wurly · fun size · ickle · small-scale · slight
Relateds
Titanian · titanic acid · titania · titanium
Synonyms
mega- · prodigious · larger than life · monumental · exceeding · gigantesque · monstrous · immane · elephantine · nonstandard)) · tall · mammoth · supersized · big fat · good-sized · leviathan · bodacious · vast · great · astronomic · giant · hefty · wide · pyramidal · broad · big · commodious · roomy · massive · whopping · overlarge · oversize · Titanian · titanic · enormous · Brobdingnagian · gargantuan · behemothic · gigantuan (colloquial · honkin' · voluminous · oversized · ginormous · elephantic · pantagruelian · jumbo · titanical · spacious · Titanian · immense · tremendous · considerable · Pythonic · Daniel Lambertish · boxcar · outsized · liberal · largifical · super- · colossal · expansive · yuge · grand · cyclopean · cosmic · giantesque · hulking · rotund · hench · huge · long · sizeable · great big · stupendous · mountainous · titanical · bulky · full · mahoosive · hunormous · generous · substantial · stonking · ample · gigantic · mastodonic · humongous
Translations (23)
de titanisch (of or relating to the Titans) · ca titànic (of or relating to the Titans) · fi titaanien (of or relating to the Titans) · ro titanesc (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · pt titânico (of or relating to the Titans) · cmn 鉅大的 /巨大的 (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · it titanico (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · cmn 力大無比的 /力大无比的 (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · fr titanique (of or relating to the Titans) · eo titana (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · mk ти́тански (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · es titánico (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · de titanisch (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · mk гига́нтски (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · de titanenhaft (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · el τιτανικός (of or relating to the Titans) · fr titanesque (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · pl tytaniczny (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · fr titanesque (of or relating to the Titans) · gl titánico (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · bg титаничен (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · pt titânico (having great size, or great force, power, or strength) · ca titànic (having great size, or great force, power, or strength)
Titanic en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- tītănʹĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /taɪˈtænɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
The proper noun is derived from Titanic (etymology 1, adjective senses 1 and 2.1), as the ship was the largest and thought to be the strongest in the world at the time it was constructed. The common noun is derived from the name of the ship.
Meanings
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A venture that fails spectacularly, especially one perceived as overconfident.
"[…]We don't want another Titanic on our hands. Come on, folks, there's plenty of lifeboats for everybody. Make your way down."
2006, Tracie Peterson, Summer of the Midnight Sun:Surely , one doesn't want another Titanic, with everyone sailing along in the serene belief that all will be well
1995, Michael S. Dobbs-Higginson, Asia Pacific: Its Role in the New World Disorder, page 437:It is time that we review them holistically. But is is not easy to move the world. This is a Titanic that will continue to steer towards the iceberg because of its momentum.
2015, Tofara Y Dube, Rise You Downtrodden Blacks:
Forms
wikipedia: Titanic
Titanic en · PROPN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- tītănʹĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /taɪˈtænɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
The proper noun is derived from Titanic (etymology 1, adjective senses 1 and 2.1), as the ship was the largest and thought to be the strongest in the world at the time it was constructed. The common noun is derived from the name of the ship.
Meanings
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The RMS Titanic, an ocean liner, thought by the public to be unsinkable, that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg.
The Titanic story inspired a movie considered as one of the best of all time.
Forms
Deriveds
Titaniac · Titanic clause · Itanic · rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
Translations (62)
it Titanic (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · sd ٽائٽانڪ (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ko 타이타닉 (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · pa ਟਾਈਟੈਨਿਕ (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · he טיטניק (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · mzn تایتانیک (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ru Тита́ник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · sl Titanik (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · km ទីតានិច (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · el Τιτανικός (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · tg Титаник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ta டைட்டானிக் (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · mr टायटॅनिक (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · te టైటానిక్ (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · bn টাইটানিক (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · tr Titanik (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · hu Titanic (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · hi टाइटैनिक (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · mk Ти́таник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · bg Тита́ник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · lt Titanikas (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · yi טיטאַניק (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · kn ಟೈಟಾನಿಕ್ (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · cmn 鐵達尼號 /铁达尼号 (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · te టైటానిక్ నౌక (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · arz تايتانيك (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ja タイタニック (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · lv Titāniks (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · cmn 泰坦尼克號 /泰坦尼克号 (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · am ታይታኒክ (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · yue 鐵達尼號 /铁达尼号 (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ar تَيْتَانِيك (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · fr Titanic (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ce Тита́ник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · kab Tiṭanik (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · as টাইটানিক (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · sh Титаник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · de Titanic (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ml ടൈറ്റാനിക് (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · fa تایتانیک (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · sah Титаник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · uk Тита́нік (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · pnb ٹائٹینک (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · tt Тита́ник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ar تِيتَانِيك (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · sh Titanik (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · th ไททานิก (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · mn Титаник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · pl Titanic (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · sv Titanic (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · my တိုင်တန်းနစ် (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · kk Титаник (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · pt Titanic (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · fi Titanic (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ka ტიტანიკი (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · az Titanik (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · hy Տիտանիկ (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · be Тыта́нік (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · ne टाइटानिक (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · sh Titanic (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · si ටයිටැනික් (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912) · cmn 泰坦尼克 (ocean liner that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912)
wikipedia: Titanic