monumental

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentalis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument +‎ -al.

Adjective

monumental (comparative more monumental, superlative most monumental)

  1. In the manner of a monument.
  2. Large, grand and imposing. Fitting to be a monument to someone or something.
  3. Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
    • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, page 171:
      Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
    "a monumental task"
  4. (archaeology) Relating to monuments.
    Monumental construction.

Derived terms

Translations

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentalis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument +‎ -al.

Adjective

monumental (masculine and feminine plural monumentals)

  1. monumental

Danish

Etymology

From monument (“monument”) +‎ -al, from French monumental, from Late Latin monumentalis, from Latin monumentum (“reminder, monument”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monuməntaːl/, [monumənˈtˢæːˀl]

Adjective

monumental

  1. monumental (large, grand and imposing)

Inflection

Inflection of monumental
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular monumental — —2
Neuter singular monumentalt — —2
Plural monumentale — —2
Definite attributive1 monumentale — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentalis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument +‎ -al.

Adjective

monumental (feminine singular monumentale, masculine plural monumentaux, feminine plural monumentales)

  1. monumental

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentalis, via French monumental.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

monumental (comparative monumentaler, superlative am monumentalsten)

  1. monumental

Declension

Comparative forms of monumental
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist monumentaler sie ist monumentaler es ist monumentaler sie sind monumentaler
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative monumentalerer monumentalere monumentaleres monumentalere
genitive monumentaleren monumentalerer monumentaleren monumentalerer
dative monumentalerem monumentalerer monumentalerem monumentaleren
accusative monumentaleren monumentalere monumentaleres monumentalere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der monumentalere die monumentalere das monumentalere die monumentaleren
genitive des monumentaleren der monumentaleren des monumentaleren der monumentaleren
dative dem monumentaleren der monumentaleren dem monumentaleren den monumentaleren
accusative den monumentaleren die monumentalere das monumentalere die monumentaleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein monumentalerer eine monumentalere ein monumentaleres (keine) monumentaleren
genitive eines monumentaleren einer monumentaleren eines monumentaleren (keiner) monumentaleren
dative einem monumentaleren einer monumentaleren einem monumentaleren (keinen) monumentaleren
accusative einen monumentaleren eine monumentalere ein monumentaleres (keine) monumentaleren

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentalis, via French monumental.

Adjective

monumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)

  1. monumental

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentalis, via French monumental.

Adjective

monumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)

  1. monumental

References

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentalis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument +‎ -al.

Adjective

monumental (plural monumentales)

  1. monumental
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