Goliath

See also: goliath

English

Borrowed from Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ).

Goliath

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

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)
Indonesian: Jalut (used by Muslims), Goliat (used by Non-Muslims)
Italian: Golia m
Japanese: ゴリアテ (Goriate)
Korean: 골리앗 (golliat)
Latin: Goliathus m
Macedonian: Голијат m (Golijat)
Malay: Jalut (used by Muslims), Goliat (used by Non-Muslims)
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
Turkish: Câlût (tr)
Uyghur: جالۇت (jalut)

Goliath (plural Goliaths)

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

Goliath m (proper noun, strong, genitive Goliaths)

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

Goliath m sg (indeclinable)

Indeclinable noun, singular only.

“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.