dolmen
See also: dólmen
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editdolmen (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
editNot to be confused with dolman.
Synonyms
editTranslations
edittomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones
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editReferences
editFurther reading
editAnagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
editdolmen m (plural dolmens)
Further reading
edit- “dolmen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editEtymology
editAttested since circa 1870. From French dolmen. Traditional local denominations of dolmens include anta, arca, forno, casota.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdolmen 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
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dolmen”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dolmen”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Norman
editEtymology
editNoun
editdolmen m (plural dolmens)
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editdolmen n (plural dolmene)
Declension
editDeclension of dolmen
singular | plural | |||
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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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdolmen m (plural dólmenes)
Further reading
edit- “dolmen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editNoun
editdolmen
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