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co·los·sus <pl -es [or colossi]> [kəˈlɒsəs, Am -lɑ:-, pl -aɪ] N

1. colossus (large statue):

colossus
Koloss m <-es, -e>
marble colossus
Marmorkoloss m
Colossus of Rhodes
der Koloss von Rhodos

2. colossus (large building):

colossus
Koloss m <-es, -e>
colossus
Gebäudekomplex m <-es, -e>
the Bundesbank colossus
das gigantische Bundesbankgebäude

3. colossus (influential person):

colossus
Gigant(in) m (f) <-en, -en>
colossus of the literary world
Literaturpapst(Literaturpäpstin) m (f)