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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPantagruélique
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pã.ta.ɡʁy.e.lik
"Ils ont préparé un festin pantagruélique pour les fêtes."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Characterized by gargantuan scale, extravagant humor, satire, and an insatiable appetite for life, learning, or food and drink.
"The banquet was a truly Pantagruel feast, featuring endless courses and boisterous laughter." - 2
A giant or a figure of gigantic proportions and grotesque yet philosophical comic spirit.
"He approached political commentary with a Pantagruel wit that spared no one."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the sixteenth-century satirical French novel 'Pantagruel' by François Rabelais, featuring a giant prince known for his gargantuan appetite and wisdom. The name itself combines Greek 'panta' (all) with an Arabic word for thirst or disease, coined to satirize medieval scholasticism and excessive thirst for knowledge.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pantagruel" is said worldwide
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Pantagruélique
Transliteration: pã.ta.ɡʁy.e.lik
"Ils ont préparé un festin pantagruélique pour les fêtes."
Pantagruelisch
Transliteration: pantaɡʁuˈeːlɪʃ
"Das Abendessen war von pantagruelischen Ausmaßen."
Pantagruelico
Transliteration: pantaɡruˈɛliko
"Hanno consumato un pranzo pantagruelico."
Pantagruélico
Transliteration: pantaɡruˈeliko
"Se dieron un banquete pantagruélico."
Pantagruélico
Transliteration: pã.ta.ɡɾuˈɛ.li.ku
"Eles desfrutaram de um banquete pantagruélico."
विशालकाय
Transliteration: vishalokay
"यह एक विशालकाय दावत थी।"
巨人式的
Transliteration: jù rén shì de
"他们举行了一场庞大而奢华的宴会。"
거대한
Transliteration: geodaehan
"그들은 거대한 잔치를 벌였다."
パンタグリュエル風の
Transliteration: pantaguryueru-fuu no
"それはパンタグリュエル風の豪勢な宴会だった。"
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