Summary

colossus {noun}
colosse

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Synonyms

colossus: behemoth · giant · heavyweight

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... and enfeebled colossus, a continent fil...
... [ here is your Colossus, now jump! ]....
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English-French translation for "colossus"

 

"colossus" French translation

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colossus {noun}

colossus {noun}

colosse {m}

It makes for a shaky structure, a colossus built on shaky foundations.

Tout cela repose sur un échafaudage peu sûr, tel un colosse aux pieds d'argile.

I would not say that he bestrides the Island like a colossus.

Je ne dirai pas qu'il s'impose comme un colosse dans l'île.

Accordingly, it is fitting that the passing of such a sporting colossus should be noted in this international parliament.

Par conséquent, il convient que ce Parlement international prenne acte du décès d’ un tel colosse du sport.

If I may say so, the colossus, if one can be so irreverent as to describe the system in that way, is growing bigger, but its feet of clay

Le colosse - si je puis me permettre l'utilisation d'un terme aussi peu respectueux pour décrire le système - grandit, mais ses pieds d
 

Synonyms

Synonyms (English) for "colossus":

© Princeton Universitybehemoth · giant · heavyweight · titan · goliath · monster

 

Usage examples

Usage examples for "colossus" in French

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It will be seen as a tired and enfeebled colossus, a continent filled with boastful babble, fragile and old, nothing more than a historical museum.

Et pour y parvenir, toutes les incitations - y compris la défiscalisation  - doivent être tentées.

Let me therefore address the French Presidency with the words the Greeks used to address the most promising athlete in ancient times: hic rhodus, hic salta [ here is your Colossus, now jump! ].

Permettez -moi donc d'adresser à la présidence française l'invitation que les grecs adressaient autrefois à l'athlète le plus prometteur: hic rhodus, hic salta.

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