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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesriesig
Pronunciation / Transliteration: riesig
"Sie blickten auf das riesige Meer."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
Of very great extent or quantity; immense.
"A vast expanse of desert stretched out before them."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late 16th century: from Latin vastus 'empty, desolate, vast'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vast" is said worldwide
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vaste
Transliteration: vaste
"Un vaste océan s'étend à perte de vue."
riesig
Transliteration: riesig
"Sie blickten auf das riesige Meer."
vasto
Transliteration: vasto
"C'è un vasto panorama da questa montagna."
vasto
Transliteration: vasto
"El universo es vasto e infinito."
vasto
Transliteration: vasto
"O território brasileiro é vasto."
विशाल
Transliteration: vishal
"यह एक विशाल मैदान है।"
辽阔
Transliteration: liáokuò
"这是一个辽阔的草原。"
방대한
Transliteration: bangdaehan
"그는 방대한 지식을 가지고 있다."
広大
Transliteration: kōdai
"彼らは広大な砂漠を旅した。"
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