mammoth

mammoth

woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius

mam·moth

 (măm′əth)

n.

1. Any of various extinct elephants of the genus Mammuthus of the Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene Epochs, having ridged molars and often, as in the woolly mammoth, long tusks and hair.

2. Something that is of great size.

adj.

1. Of enormous size, extent, or amount; huge. See Synonyms at enormous.

2. Of great scope or importance: mammoth expectations.

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[Ultimately (perhaps influenced by behemoth) from Russian mamont, mamot, probably from earlier Mansi (Ugric language of western Siberia) *mān-oŋt- : *mān, earth (akin to modern Mansi mā-, earth, as in mā-xar, mammoth (literally, "earth stag")) + *oŋt-, horn (in reference to fossil mammoth tusks).]

mammoth

(ˈmæməθ)

n

1. (Palaeontology) any large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene genus Mammuthus (or Elephas), such as M. primigenius (woolly mammoth), having a hairy coat and long curved tusks

2. (Animals) any large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene genus Mammuthus (or Elephas), such as M. primigenius (woolly mammoth), having a hairy coat and long curved tusks

adj

of gigantic size or importance

[C18: from Russian mamot, from Tatar mamont, perhaps from mamma earth, because of a belief that the animal made burrows]

mam•moth

(ˈmæm əθ)

n.

1. any extinct true elephant of the family Elephantidae, esp. of the Pleistocene genus Mammuthus. Compare mastodon.

2. anything very large.

adj.

3. very large; enormous.

[1690–1700; < Russian mam(m)ot; orig. uncertain]

syn: See gigantic.

mam·moth

(măm′əth)

Any of various extinct elephants of very large size that had long, upwardly curving tusks and thick hair. Mammoths lived throughout the Northern Hemisphere during the Ice Age.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mammoth - any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks proboscis, trunk - a long flexible snout as of an elephant elephant - five-toed pachyderm genus Mammuthus, Mammuthus - extinct genus: mammoths Mammuthus primigenius, northern mammoth, woolly mammoth - very hairy mammoth common in colder portions of the northern hemisphere columbian mammoth, Mammuthus columbi - a variety of mammoth Archidiskidon imperator, imperial elephant, imperial mammoth - largest known mammoth; of America
Adj.	1.	mammoth - so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation" gigantic big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

mammoth

adjective colossal, huge, giant, massive, vast, enormous, mighty, immense, titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monumental, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) The mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
little, small, minute, tiny, miniature, trivial, insignificant, diminutive, puny

mammoth

noun

One that is extraordinarily large and powerful:

behemoth, giant, Goliath, jumbo, leviathan, monster, titan.

Slang: whopper.

adjective

Of extraordinary size and power:

behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.

Informal: walloping.

Slang: whopping.

Translations

ضَخْممَامُوثماموث، فيل ضَخْمهائِل، ضَخْم

мамут

mamutmamutí

mammutkæmpe

Mammutriesiggigantisch

μαμούθπελώριος

mamutcolosal

mammuttijättiläiskokoinen

mammouthgéantgigantesque

golemmamut

mamut

mammut

gríîarstórmammút

mammutenormegigantesco

マンモス巨大な

매머드엄청난

mamutas

mamutsmilzīgs

mammoetmammoet-

mammutdiger

mamutgigantyczny

imensomamute

мамонтгигантский

mamutí

mamut

mamutмамут

mammutkolossal

มหึมา

mamutdev gibidevasa

мамонт

khổng lồvoi mamút

巨大的猛犸长毛象

mammoth

[ˈmæməθ]

A. N (Zool) → mamut m

B. ADJ → descomunal, gigante

mammoth

[ˈmæməθ]

n (= animal) → mammouth m

modif [tusk, skull] → de mammouth

adj (= huge) → colossal(e), monstre
a mammoth task → un travail monstre

mammoth

n → Mammut nt

adj → Mammut-; cost, enterprise → kolossal; change → gewaltig; proportions → riesig; a mammoth task → eine Mammutaufgabe, eine kolossale Aufgabe

mammoth

[ˈmæməθ]

1. n → mammut m inv

2. adj → colossale, mostruoso/a, enorme, gigantesco/a

mammoth

(ˈmӕməθ) noun

a large hairy elephant of a kind no longer found living. mammoet ماموث، فيل ضَخْم мамут mamute mamut das Mammut mammut μαμούθmamut mammut ماموت mammutti mammouth מָמוּתָה मैमथ gorostas mamut mamut mammút mammut マンモス 매머드 mamutas mamuts raksasa mammoetmammutmamut يو ډول پيل mamute mamut мамонт mamut mamut mamut mammut ช้างดึกดำบรรพ์ mamut 長毛象 мамонт قدیم زمانے کا ایک جسیم ہاتھی voi ma mút 猛犸，长毛象

adjective

very large (and often very difficult). a mammoth project/task. reusagtig هائِل، ضَخْم огромен gigantesco mamutí Mammut-... kæmpe τεράστιος, πελώριοςgigantesco, descomunal, inmenso mammut- عظیم jättikokoinen géantענקי विशाल golem óriási raksasa gríðarstór gigantesco 巨大な 거대한 didžiulis, milžiniškas milzīgs raksasa reusachtigdiger, kjempestor, uhyregigantyczny, olbrzymi لوى،ستر gigantesco gigantic, uriaş гигантский mamutí velikanski mamutski kolossal, mastodont- มหึมา dev gibi 巨大的(且通常非常困難的) велетенський جسیم، زبردست đồ sộ 巨大的

mammoth

→ ضَخْم, مَامُوث mamut, mamutí kæmpe, mammut Mammut, riesig μαμούθ, πελώριος colosal, mamut jättiläiskokoinen, mammutti gigantesque, mammouth golem, mamut gigantesco, mammut マンモス, 巨大な 매머드, 엄청난 mammoet, mammoet- diger, mammut gigantyczny, mamut imenso, mamute гигантский, мамонт kolossal, mammut มหึมา, สัตว์ขนาดใหญ่คล้ายช้างขนยาว งาโค้งยาวสูญพันธุ์ไปแล้ว devasa, mamut khổng lồ, voi mamút 巨大的, 猛犸