dolmen
See also: dólmen
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French dolmen. Perhaps incorrectly fabricated from Breton taol maen (taol (“table”) + maen (“stone”)) (the correct compound would be *taolvaen, not **daolmaen[1]). See also menhir.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒl.mɛn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊl.mən/, /ˈdɑl.mən/
- Homophone: dolman
Noun edit
dolmen (plural dolmens)
- A prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.
- More generally, any megalithic tomb, including passage graves and wedge tombs.
Usage notes edit
Not to be confused with dolman.
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Translations edit
tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dolmen m (plural dolmens)
Further reading edit
- “dolmen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
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Etymology edit
Attested since circa 1870. From French dolmen. Traditional local denominations of dolmens include anta, arca, forno, casota.
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Noun edit
dolmen m (plural dolmens)
- dolmen
- Synonym: anta
- 1883, Manuel Lago, Obra:
- Ai! Cando funguen os ventos nas polas do castañal xa non ruxirán as armas qu'alí tiñan nosos pais...! Donde fixemos fogueiras os carrascos nacerán, e no dolmen en qu'ibamos de noite a sacrificar, criaránse herbas e toxos i os mouchos aniñarán... Cobrirán silvas i hadreiras as pedras do noso lar, e sobr'as mámoas dos mortos xente allea pasará
- Woe! When the winds hum in the chestnut branches no longer will roar our father's arms there! Where we lighted bonfires, oaks will grow, and at the dolmen where we made our sacrifices at night, weeds and gorses will grow and the owl will make nest... Brambles and ivies will cover the stones of our home, and over the barrows of the dead, alien people will walk
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Norman edit
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dolmen m (plural dolmens)
Romanian edit
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dolmen n (plural dolmene)
Declension edit
Declension of dolmen
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) dolmen | dolmenul | (niște) dolmene | dolmenele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) dolmen | dolmenului | (unor) dolmene | dolmenelor |
| vocative | dolmenule | dolmenelor | ||
Spanish edit
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Noun edit
dolmen m (plural dólmenes)
Further reading edit
- “dolmen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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dolmen