monument
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editmonument (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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Verb
editmonument (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.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “monument”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonument m (plural monuments)
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editFurther reading
edit- “monument” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “monument”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonument n (singular definite monumentet, plural indefinite monumenter)
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editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonument n (plural monumenten, diminutive monumentje n)
Descendants
editEstonian
editEtymology
editFrom German Monument, ultimately from Latin monumentum (“memorial”) (from monēre (“to remind”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonument (genitive monumendi, partitive monumenti)
Declension
editDeclension 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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editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonument m (plural monuments)
Further reading
edit- “monument”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentum.
Noun
editmonument m (plural monuments)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentum.
Noun
editmonument n (definite singular monumentet, indefinite plural monument or monumenter, definite plural monumenta or monumentene)
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editReferences
edit- “monument” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentum.
Noun
editmonument n (definite singular monumentet, indefinite plural monument, definite plural monumenta)
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editReferences
edit- “monument” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentum. Attested from the 13th century.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonument m (plural monuments)
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editReferences
edit- ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 390.
Piedmontese
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editNoun
editmonument m
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin monumentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonument m inan (diminutive monumencik)
- (sculpture) monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)
- Synonym: pomnik
- monument (exceptional or prideful achievement)
Declension
editsingular | 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 |
Further reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French monument, Latin monumentum. Doublet of the inherited mormânt.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonument n (plural monumente)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | monument | monumentul | monumente | monumentele | |
genitive-dative | monument | monumentului | monumente | monumentelor | |
vocative | monumentule | monumentelor |
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editSwedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonument n
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | monument | monuments |
definite | monumentet | monumentets | |
plural | indefinite | monumenter | monumenters |
definite | monumenterna | monumenternas |
Synonyms
edit- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Old French
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- en:Surveying
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- Danish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt/3 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
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- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
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- Estonian terms derived from German
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- Estonian riik-type nominals
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- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Polish/umɛnt
- Rhymes:Polish/umɛnt/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Sculpture
- pl:Buildings and structures
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- sv:Heraldic charges