Giggish

/ˈɡɪɡɪʃ/ adjective

Definition

Resembling or characteristic of a gig; having the quality of being fleet, nimble, or inclined to giggle.

Etymology

From 'gig' plus the suffix '-ish,' meaning 'somewhat like' or 'having qualities of.' The '-ish' suffix is productive in English, allowing flexible adjectival formation from nouns.

Kelly Says

The '-ish' suffix is wonderfully flexible in English—you can add it to almost anything to mean 'somewhat' or 'kind of,' which is why speakers naturally understand 'giggish' even if they've never seen it before.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
አጅም (ajim)
ah-jeem
ARالعربية
مهيب (mahib)
mah-eeb
BNবাংলা
বিশাল (bishal)
bee-shaal
CACatalà
gigant
hee-GAN-t
CSČeština
gigantický
hee-GAN-ti-cky
DADansk
gigantesk
hee-GAN-tesk
DEDeutsch
gigantesk
hee-GAN-tesk
ELΕλληνικά
μεγάλος (megalos)
meh-gah-los
ESEspañol
gigantesco
hee-GAN-tes-koh
FAفارسی
بزرگ (bozorg)
bo-zoor
FISuomi
giganttinen
hee-GAN-tin-en
FRFrançais
gigantesque
jee-gan-tesk
GUGU
વધારે (vadhare)
va-dha-reh
HAHA
gaban
gah-ban
HEעברית
עצום (atzum)
at-zoom
HIहिन्दी
बड़ा (baṛā)
ba-ra
HUMagyar
gigantikus
hee-GAN-tee-kus
IDBahasa Indonesia
gigantesk
hee-GAN-tesk
IGIG
ukwu
ook-woo
ITItaliano
gigantesco
hee-GAN-tes-koh
JA日本語
巨大な (kyodai na)
kyo-dai na
KKKK
ажарлы (ajarly)
ah-jar-lee
KMKM
ធum (thum)
thum
KO한국어
거대한 (geo-dae-han)
geo-dae-han
MRMR
विशाल (vishal)
vee-shaal
MSBahasa Melayu
gigantesk
hee-GAN-tesk
MYမြန်မာ
ကြီး (gyi)
gee
NLNederlands
gigant
hee-GAN-t
NONorsk
gigantesk
hee-GAN-tesk
PAPA
ਬੜਾ (bara)
bah-ra
PLPolski
gigantyczny
hee-GAN-t-chny
PTPortuguês
gigantesco
hee-GAN-tes-koh
RORomână
gigantesc
hee-GAN-tesk
RUРусский
гигантский (gigantskiy)
hee-GAN-tskee
SVSvenska
gigantesk
hee-GAN-tesk
SWKiswahili
kubwa
koo-bwa
TAதமிழ்
பெரிய (periya)
peh-ree-ya
TEతెలుగు
పెద్ద (pedda)
ped-da
THไทย
มหึมา (maha-ma)
ma-ha-ma
TLTL
gigantesko
hee-GAN-tes-koh
TRTürkçe
dev gibi
dev gee-bee
UKУкраїнська
гігантський (hiantskyi)
hee-GAN-tskee
URاردو
بڑا (bara)
bah-ra
VITiếng Việt
khổng lồ
kông lo
YOYO
agba
ag-ba
ZH中文
庞大的 (páng dà de)
pang da de
ZUZU
khulu
koo-loo

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