Goliath

See also: goliath

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlaɪəθ/

Proper noun

Goliath

2. (biblical) A giant who, according to the Bible, was vanquished in battle with King David.
3. A male given name from Hebrew

Derived terms

• David-and-Goliath
• Goliath frog

 

Translations

biblical giant

• Afrikaans: Goliat
• Arabic: جَالُوت m (jālūt) (used by Muslims), جُلْيَات m (julyāt) (used by Christians)
• Armenian: Գողիաթ (Goġiatʻ)
• Bengali: জালূত (jalūt)
• Catalan: Goliat m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 歌利亞／歌利亚 (go¹ lei⁶ aa³)

  Hakka: 歌利亞／歌利亚 (Kô-li-â)

  Mandarin: 歌利亞／歌利亚 (zh) (Gēlìyà, Gēlìyǎ)

• Czech: Goliáš m
• Dutch: Goliat (nl), Goliath (nl)
• Estonian: Koljat
• Finnish: Goljat
• French: Goliath (fr) m
• German: Goliath (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Γολιάθ m (Goliáth)

• Hebrew: גולית (golyat)
• Hungarian: Góliát (hu)
• Italian: Golia m
• Japanese: ゴリアテ (Goriate)
• Korean: 골리앗 (golliat)
• Latin: Goliathus m
• Macedonian: Голијат m (Golijat)
• Navajo: Goláíyath
• Ngazidja Comorian: Djalut
• Ottoman Turkish: جالوت (calut)
• Polish: Goliat (pl) m
• Portuguese: Golias m
• Russian: Голиа́ф m (Goliáf)
• Slovene: Goljat m
• Spanish: Goliat (es) m
• Swahili: Goliathi
• Swedish: Goliat c
• Uyghur: جالۇت (jalut)

Noun

Goliath (plural Goliaths)

1. (figuratively) Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful.

   That Goliath is so big and strong, the little man will never stand a chance against him if he on his wrong side.

   The whisky category is a Goliath within the drinks industry.

2. A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 27 liters, equivalent to 36 standard bottles.

See also

• Goliath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Goliath m (proper noun, strong, genitive Goliaths)

1. (biblical) Goliath

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γολιάθ (Goliáth), derived from Biblical Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.li.atʰ/, [ˈɡɔlʲiät̪ʰ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.li.at/, [ˈɡɔːliät̪]

Proper noun

Goliath m sg (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Goliath

Declension

Indeclinable noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Goliath
genitive	Goliath
dative	Goliath
accusative	Goliath
ablative	Goliath
vocative	Goliath

References

• “Goliath”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Goliath in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.