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Gargantuan Pronunciation
Gargantuan is pronounced gahr-GAN-choo-uhn, IPA /gɑrˈgæntʃuən/.
gahr-GAN-choo-uhn
US /gɑrˈgæntʃuən/ · UK /gɑːˈgɑːntjuːən/
Syllables: gahr · GAN · choo · uhn (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Enormous, far beyond ordinary size.
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Gargantuan in a Sentence
- A gargantuan oak filled half the garden.
- The task was gargantuan and badly funded.
- They served gargantuan portions at the inn.
Common Mispronunciations of Gargantuan
Not GAHR-gan-choo-uhn
Give GAN the force, two beats in, and leave the opening gahr unstressed.
Not gahr-gan-TOO-uhn
The peak never travels as far as the third beat, and the tu before it carries a y or a ch sound rather than a plain t.
Tip: The word comes from Gargantua, the giant in Rabelais. Americans say choo for the tu and British speakers often say tyoo.
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