monument
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial”), from monēre (“to remind”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/, /ˈmɑnjəmənt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: mon‧u‧ment
Noun edit
monument (plural monuments)
- A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- A sign of exceptional achievement.
- 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
- The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder.
- 1961 October, “Talking of Trains: Last of the M.S.W.J.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 586:
- The line became a monument to his drive and imagination — and a hard training course for the future chief of the Great Central.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- Any grave marker.
- A legal document.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
- A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
- (surveying) A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
- A surviving record.
- 1896, Auguste Brachet, Paget Toynbee, A Historical Grammar of the French Language (Clarendon Press series)[1], Clarendon Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:
- This linguistic fragment, rough as it may appear, is of the highest interest; for it is the first written monument of the French language, eleven hundred years old.
- 2018 June 11, Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science [HSK])[2], Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, →OCLC:
- Czech was long used as a written language also by the Slovaks; the earliest existing Slovak monument is the Žilina Town Book from the late 15th century
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monument (third-person singular simple present monuments, present participle monumenting, simple past and past participle monumented)
- (transitive) To mark or memorialize with a monument.
- (transitive) To place a surveyor's monument at.
- 1985, Input Formats and Specifications of the National Geodetic Survey Data Base, pages 3-8:
- Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " .
- 2009, Stephen V. Estopinal, A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, page 91:
- Having chosen and monumented the initial point, the surveyor established the "principal meridian" by traversing north and south from the initial point.
- 2012, T. J. Blachut, A. Chrzanowski, J. H. Saastamoinen, Urban Surveying and Mapping, page 69:
- The first-order network is usually monumented on the roofs of buildings; ground stations are used only in suburban districts.
Further reading edit
- “monument”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “monument”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin monumentum.
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monument m (plural monuments)
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- “monument” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “monument”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “monument” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “monument” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish edit
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Borrowed from Latin monumentum.
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monument n (singular definite monumentet, plural indefinite monumenter)
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin monumentum.
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monument n (plural monumenten, diminutive monumentje n)
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Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From German Monument, ultimately from Latin monumentum (“memorial”) (from monēre (“to remind”)).
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monument (genitive monumendi, partitive monumenti)
Declension edit
Declension of monument (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | monument | monumendid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | monumendi | ||
genitive | monumentide | ||
partitive | monumenti | monumente monumentisid | |
illative | monumenti monumendisse |
monumentidesse monumendesse | |
inessive | monumendis | monumentides monumendes | |
elative | monumendist | monumentidest monumendest | |
allative | monumendile | monumentidele monumendele | |
adessive | monumendil | monumentidel monumendel | |
ablative | monumendilt | monumentidelt monumendelt | |
translative | monumendiks | monumentideks monumendeks | |
terminative | monumendini | monumentideni | |
essive | monumendina | monumentidena | |
abessive | monumendita | monumentideta | |
comitative | monumendiga | monumentidega |
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin monumentum.
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monument m (plural monuments)
Further reading edit
- “monument”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin monumentum.
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monument m (plural monuments)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin monumentum.
Noun edit
monument n (definite singular monumentet, indefinite plural monument or monumenter, definite plural monumenta or monumentene)
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- “monument” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin monumentum.
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monument n (definite singular monumentet, indefinite plural monument, definite plural monumenta)
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- “monument” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan edit
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Borrowed from Latin monumentum. Attested from the 13th century.[1]
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monument m (plural monuments)
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- ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 390.
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monument m
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin monumentum.
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monument m inan (diminutive monumencik)
- (sculpture) monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)
- Synonym: pomnik
- monument (exceptional or prideful achievement)
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | monument | monumenty |
genitive | monumentu | monumentów |
dative | monumentowi | monumentom |
accusative | monument | monumenty |
instrumental | monumentem | monumentami |
locative | monumencie | monumentach |
vocative | monumencie | monumenty |
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French monument, Latin monumentum. Doublet of the inherited mormânt.
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monument n (plural monumente)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) monument | monumentul | (niște) monumente | monumentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) monument | monumentului | (unor) monumente | monumentelor |
vocative | monumentule | monumentelor |
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Borrowed from Latin monumentum.
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monument n
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Declension of monument | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | monument | monumentet | monumenter | monumenterna |
Genitive | monuments | monumentets | monumenters | monumenternas |