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10 Language-to-English DictionariesBehemoth
/bəˈhiːməθ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A huge or monstrous creature, or something extremely large and powerful, such as a corporation.
"The local bookstore was crushed by the retail behemoth."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Biblical Hebrew plural intensive form behemoth, meaning beast or large animal, originating from the root b-h-m. It entered Middle English via Late Latin and Greek from Hebrew, originally referring to a monstrous mythological creature in the Book of Job before shifting to denote anything of enormous size or power.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Behemoth" is said worldwide
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béhémoth
Transliteration: behemoth
"Cette entreprise est devenue un véritable béhémoth."
Ungeheuer
Transliteration: Ungeheuer
"Das Unternehmen hat sich zu einem wirtschaftlichen Ungeheuer entwickelt."
gigante
Transliteration: gigante
"Quella compagnia è un vero e propio gigante commerciale."
behemot
Transliteration: behemot
"La nueva corporación es un behemot en la industria tecnológica."
beemote
Transliteration: beemote
"A empresa cresceu e se tornou um verdadeiro beemote."
विशالकाय
Transliteration: vishalchay
Script: विशालकाय
"वह तकनीकी कंपनी एक विशालकाय बन गई है।"
庞然大物
Transliteration: pangran dawu
"这家公司已经成为了一个商业庞然大物。"
거대 괴물
Transliteration: geodae goemul
"그 기업은 시장에서 거대 괴물이 되었습니다."
ベヒモス
Transliteration: behimosu
"その企業は業界のベヒモスに成長した。"
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