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titan

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See also: Titan, Títan, títan, Titán, titán, and tǐtán

English

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Etymology

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From Titan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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titan (plural titans)

  1. Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:
      The battle of the titans at the bridal door explodes into the marketplace; and wall and doorpost shatter as they fight with the fury of bulls.
    • 2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian:
      In that context Scotland's fate is a modest element, a symptom of wider fragmentation of the current global order, a footnote to the fall of empire and the Berlin Wall, important to us and punchdrunk neighbours like France and Italy, a mere curiosity to emerging titans like Brazil.
    • 2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Whitney, mother of Xavier, is a real estate titan who, along with her British husband, has found her niche selling luxurious underground bunkers to wealthy clients looking for a safe space to hunker down in the event of a climate apocalypse.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Czech

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Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skandium (Ca)
Next: vanad (V)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtɪtan]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

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titan m inan

  1. titanium

Declension

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Further reading

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  • titan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • titan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da
Chemical element
Ti
Previous: scandium (Sc)
Next: vanadium (V)

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Noun

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titan c or n (singular definite titanen or titanet, not used in plural form)

  1. (Greek, mythology) the Titans
    1. (by extension) a strong, determined and rebellious person
  2. (chemistry) titanium
    Synonym: titanium

Declension

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Declension of titan
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative titan titanen titaner titanerne
genitive titans titanens titaners titanernes

(definition 1)

Declension of titan
neuter
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative titan titanet
genitive titans titanets

(definition 2)

References

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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titan m (plural titans)

  1. titan
  2. titan beetle

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Miskito

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Noun

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titan

  1. morning

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Noun

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titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)

  1. titanium (chemical element, symbol Ti)

References

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“titan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

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titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)

  1. titanium (as above)

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Romanian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tiˈtan/
  • Hyphenation: ti‧tan
Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro
Chemical element
Ti
Previous: scandiu (Sc)
Next: vanadiu (V)

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French titane.

Noun

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titan n (uncountable)

  1. titanium (chemical element)
Declension
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Declension of titan
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative titan titanul
genitive-dative titan titanului
vocative titanule

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French titan.

Noun

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titan m (plural titani)

  1. titan
Declension
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Declension of titan
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative titan titanul titani titanii
genitive-dative titan titanului titani titanilor
vocative titanule titanilor

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Slovene

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Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skándij (Sc)
Next: vanádij (V)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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titȃn m inan

  1. titanium

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative titán
genitive titána
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
titán
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
titána
dative
(dajȃlnik)
titá***
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
titán
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
titá***
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
titánom

Further reading

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  • titan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skandium (Sc)
Next: vanadin (V)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Noun

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titan c

  1. (mythology) Titan; giant god
  2. a titan, a giant, a great or important person
    1. (specifically) a nickname for August Strindberg
Declension
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Etymology 2

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German Titan (or Latin titanium), named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth after the Greek mythological Titans (as Etymology 1).

Noun

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titan n

  1. titanium
Declension
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Declension of titan
nominative genitive
singular indefinite titan titans
definite titanet titanets
plural indefinite
definite

References

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Anagrams

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Turkish

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Chemical element
Ti
Previous: skandiyum (Li)
Next: vanadyum (V)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French titane.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [titán]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

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titan (definite accusative titanı, plural titanlar)

  1. titanium (chemical element)

Declension

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Declension of titan
singular plural
nominative titan titanlar
definite accusative titanı titanları
dative titana titanlara
locative titanda titanlarda
ablative titandan titanlardan
genitive titanın titanların

Synonyms

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Vietnamese

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Chemical element
Ti
Previous: scanđi (Sc)
Next: vanađi (V)

Etymology

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From French titane, from German Titan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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titan

  1. titanium