# titan
## English
### Etymology

From Titan.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: tīʹtən, IPA: /ˈtaɪtən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪtən
* Homophones: tighten, Titan
* Rhymes: -aɪtɪn

### Noun

titan (plural titans)
* Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
** 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:The battle of the titans at the bridal door explodes into the marketplace; and wall and doorpost shatter as they fight with the fury of bulls.
** 2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian:In that context Scotland's fate is a modest element, a symptom of wider fragmentation of the current global order, a footnote to the fall of empire and the Berlin Wall, important to us and punchdrunk neighbours like France and Italy, a mere curiosity to emerging titans like Brazil.
** 2022 April 5, Elizabeth Wetmore, “How Far Will Parents Go to Protect Their Sons?”, in The New York Times‎:Whitney, mother of Xavier, is a real estate titan who, along with her British husband, has found her niche selling luxurious underground bunkers to wealthy clients looking for a safe space to hunker down in the event of a climate apocalypse.

#### Derived terms

* titan arum
* titanic
* titanium
* titan primary
* titan primary school

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* 'taint, Nitta, Tanit, nitta, taint, tinta

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɪtan]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ti‧tan

### Noun

titan m inan
* titanium

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “titan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “titan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

### Noun

titan c or n (singular definite titanen or titanet, not used in plural form)
* (Greek, mythology) the Titans
** (by extension) a strong, determined and rebellious person
* (chemistry) titanium
    Synonym: titanium

#### Declension

(definition 1)
(definition 2)

### References

* “titan” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ti.tɑ̃/
* Audio (Switzerland):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑ̃
* Hyphenation: ti‧tan

### Noun

titan m (plural titans)
* titan
* titan beetle

### Further reading

* “titan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Miskito
### Noun

titan
* morning

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)
* titanium (chemical element, symbol Ti)

### References

“titan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

titan n (definite singular titanet) (uncountable)
* titanium (as above)

### References

* “titan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiˈtan/
* Hyphenation: ti‧tan

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French titane.

#### Noun

titan n (uncountable)
* titanium (chemical element)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French titan.

#### Noun

titan m (plural titani)
* titan

##### Declension
### References

* titan in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /titáːn/

### Noun

titȃn m inan
* titanium

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “titan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɪˈtɑːn/

### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

#### Noun

titan c
* (mythology) Titan; giant god
* a titan, a giant, a great or important person
** (specifically) a nickname for August Strindberg

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

German Titan (or Latin titanium), named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth after the Greek mythological Titans (as Etymology 1).

#### Noun

titan n
* titanium

##### Declension
### References

* titan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* titan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* titan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH

### Anagrams

* tinat

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* (nonstandard) titanyum

### Etymology

Borrowed from French titane.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [titán]
* Hyphenation: ti‧tan

### Noun

titan (definite accusative titanı, plural titanlar)
* titanium (chemical element)

#### Synonyms

* titanyum

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From French titane, from German Titan.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ti˧˧ taːn˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [tɪj˧˧ taːn˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [tɪj˧˧ taːn˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: ti tań

### Noun

titan
* titanium