Algeria is a colossal behemoth to be reckoned with in the Mediterranean region.
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Behemoth
//bəˈhi(ː).məθ//
Synonyms for "behemoth" (11 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بَهَمُوت noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- بَهِيمُوث noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Belarusian
1 entries- бегемо́т noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бегемо́т noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 巨獸 /巨兽 noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- 巨獸 /巨兽 noun (mighty monster)
- 貝西摩斯 /贝西摩斯 noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Czech
2 entries- behemot noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- obluda noun (mighty monster)
Esperanto
3 entries- behemo noun (mighty monster)
- behemoto noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- behemoto noun (mighty monster)
Finnish
3 entries- behemot noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- jättiläinen noun (something of great size and power)
- virtahepo noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
French
3 entries- Béhémoth noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- béhémot noun (mighty monster)
- béhémoth noun (mighty monster)
German
4 entries- Behemoth noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- Gigant noun (something of great size and power)
- Koloss noun (something of great size and power)
- Moloch noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Hebrew
1 entries- בְּהֵמוֹת noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Japanese
2 entries- ベヒーモス noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- ベヘモット noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Korean
1 entries- 베헤모스 noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Macedonian
1 entries- бегемот noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Behemot noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Polish
4 entries- Behemot noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- gigant noun (something of great size and power)
- kolos noun (something of great size and power)
- moloch noun (something of great size and power)
Portuguese
2 entries- Beemôt noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- mastodonte noun (something of great size and power)
Russian
4 entries- бегемо́т noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- велика́н noun (something of great size and power)
- гига́нт noun (something of great size and power)
- исполи́н noun (something of great size and power)
Spanish
3 entries- behemot noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- socotroco noun (something of great size and power)
- zocotroco noun (something of great size and power)
Swedish
1 entries- Behemot noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Turkish
4 entries- behemot noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
- dev noun (mighty monster)
- dev noun (something of great size and power)
- dev hayvan noun (mighty monster)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бегемо́т noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Zulu
1 entries- uBehemoti noun (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
Sample sentences
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Below the behemoth of the grey building that is the headquarters of the South African Broadcasting Corporation is a home that’s stuck in a time warp.
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China transformed from a poor country into an industrial behemoth.
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Residents and tourists in Washington D.C. can now examine a life-size replica of an unusual dinosaur that lived almost a hundred million years ago in northern Africa. Scientists say studying the behemoth named Spinosaurus helps them better understand how some prehistoric animals adapted to life on land and in water. The Spinosaurus replica is on display at the National Geographic Museum.
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