monument

See also: Monument and monûment

English

Devils Tower National Monument.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial”), from monēre (“to remind”)

Pronunciation

Noun

monument (plural monuments)

A monument (definitions 1 or 2) in Lithuania at the Geographical Center of Europe
  1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
    There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
  2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  3. An exceptional or proud achievement.
  4. An important burial vault or tomb.
  5. A legal document.
  6. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

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Translations

Further reading

  • monument in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • monument in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Catalan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Noun

monument m (plural monuments)

  1. monument

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Noun

monument n (singular definite monumentet, plural indefinite monumenter)

  1. monument

Synonyms

  • mindesmærke

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

monument n (plural monumenten, diminutive monumentje n)

  1. monument

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ny.mɑ̃/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

monument m (plural monuments)

  1. monument

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Noun

monument m (plural monuments)

  1. monument

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Noun

monument n (definite singular monumentet, indefinite plural monument or monumenter, definite plural monumenta or monumentene)

  1. a monument

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Noun

monument n (definite singular monumentet, indefinite plural monument, definite plural monumenta)

  1. a monument

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monument, Latin monumentum. Doublet of the inherited mormânt.

Noun

monument n (plural monumente)

  1. monument
  2. memorial

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

monument n

  1. monument

Declension

Declension of monument 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative monument monumentet monumenter monumenterna
Genitive monuments monumentets monumenters monumenternas

Synonyms

  • minnesmärke
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