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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Prodigious \Pro*di"gious\, a. [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a
     prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful;
        portentous. [Obs. or R.] --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky.
                                                    --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very
        great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a
        prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. ``Prodigious
        might.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous;
          amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Prodigious \Pro*di"gious\, a. [L. prodigiosus, fr. prodigium a
     prodigy; cf. F. prodigieux. See Prodigy.]
     1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful;
        portentous. [Obs. or R.] --Spenser.
  
              It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky.
                                                    --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
  
     2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very
        great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a
        prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. ``Prodigious
        might.'' --Milton.
  
     Syn: Huge; enormous; monstrous; portentous; marvelous;
          amazing; astonishing; extraordinary.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  prodigious
       adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
              "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has
              a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
              field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal,
               stupendous]
       2: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a
          portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman
          Melville; "a prodigious vision" [syn: portentous]
       3: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
          exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
          efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
          Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding, exceptional,
           olympian, surpassing]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prodigious
     Αγγλικά a.
     τεράστιος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prodigious
     a.
     1 Very big#Adjective in size#Noun or quantity; colossal, gigantic,
  huge.
     2 extraordinarily amazing#Adjective or exciting#Adjective.
     3 freakish; monstrous.
     4 (lb en obsolete) ominous, portentous.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  prodigious
     a.
     1 Very big#Adjective in size#Noun or quantity; colossal, gigantic,
  huge.
     2 extraordinarily amazing#Adjective or exciting#Adjective.
     3 freakish; monstrous.
     4 (lb en obsolete) ominous, portentous.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  prodigious
     a.
     1 Very big#Adjective in size#Noun or quantity; colossal, gigantic,
  huge.
     2 extraordinarily amazing#Adjective or exciting#Adjective.
     3 freakish; monstrous.
     4 (lb en obsolete) ominous, portentous.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  prodigious
     a.
     1 Very big#Adjective in size#Noun or quantity; colossal, gigantic,
  huge.
     2 extraordinarily amazing#Adjective or exciting#Adjective.
     3 freakish; monstrous.
     4 (lb en obsolete) ominous, portentous.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prodigious
     Engelska a.
     fantastisk, häpnadsväckande

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/
  ضخم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  prodigious //pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs// 
  1. изумителен, удивителен
  amazing
  2. огромен
  very big in size or quantity

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/
  zázračný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/ 
  nesmírný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/ 
  úžasný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/
  außerordentlich, ungeheuer, gewaltig, erstaunlich, wunderbar 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/
  
  εκπλητικός, τεράστιος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  prodigious //pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs// 
  1. hämmästyttävä, ällistyttävä
  amazing
  2. mahtava, suunnaton
  very big in size or quantity

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/ 
  1. आश्चर्यजनक
        "A prodigious amount of money was spent in building this monument."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/
  golem, izvanredan, neobičan, ogroman, prostran, čudnovat

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/
  1. bámulatos
  2. óriási
  3. csodálatos

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  prodigious //pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs// 
  途方もない
  very big in size or quantity

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  prodigious //pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs// 
  fenomenal
  amazing

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  prodigious /prəˈdɪʤɪs/ 
    zadziwiająco wielki

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  prodigious //pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs// 
  1. häpnadsväckande
  amazing
  2. enorm, gigantisk, ofantlig
  very big in size or quantity

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  prodigious /pɹədˈɪdʒəs/
  1. çok büyük, iri, kocaman
  2. şaşılacak, müthiş. prodigiously  çok büyük olarak
  3. müthiş surette. prodigiousness  büyüklük, irilik
  4. harikuladelik.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/pɹəˈdɪdʒəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "prodigious":
     Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean,
     Homeric, abysmal, amazing, amplitudinous, astonishing, astounding,
     astronomic, astronomical, awesome, beguiling, bewildering,
     bewitched, boundless, bulky, colossal, cosmic, cracking, cyclopean,
     dumbfounding, elephantine, enchanted, enigmatic, enormous, epic,
     exceptional, extensive, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic,
     fascinating, flabbergasting, galactic, gargantuan, giant,
     giantlike, gigantic, heroic, huge, humongous, immeasurable,
     immense, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible,
     indescribable, ineffable, infinite, jumbo, king-size, large,
     legendary, leviathan, magical, mammoth, marvelous, massive, massy,
     mighty, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, miraculous, monster,
     monstrous, monumental, mortal, mountainous, mythical, necromantic,
     notable, noteworthy, outlandish, outsize, overgrown,
     passing strange, phenomenal, portentous, profound, puzzling, rare,
     remarkable, sensational, sizable, spacious, spectacular,
     staggering, startling, strange, striking, stupefying, stupendous,
     surprising, thaumaturgic, titanic, towering, tremendous,
     unexampled, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unparalleled,
     unprecedented, unspeakable, unusual, vast, voluminous, weighty,
     wonder-working, wonderful, wondrous
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 很大的,惊人的,异常的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 很大的,惊人的,异常的

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