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monumental

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective edit

monumental (comparative more monumental, superlative most monumental)

  1. In the manner of a monument.
  2. Large, grand and imposing.
  3. Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
    • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, 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.

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Etymology edit

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

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monumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentals)

  1. monumental

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Danish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

monumental

  1. monumental (large, grand and imposing)

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Inflection of monumental
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular monumental — —2
Indefinite 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.

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French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum. By surface analysis, monument +‎ -al.

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Adjective edit

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

  1. monumental

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Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin monumentālis.

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monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

  1. monumental

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German edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

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Adjective edit

monumental (strong nominative masculine singular monumentaler, comparative monumentaler, superlative am monumentalsten)

  1. monumental

Declension edit

Positive forms of monumental
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist monumental sie ist monumental es ist monumental sie sind monumental
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative monumentaler monumentale monumentales monumentale
genitive monumentalen monumentaler monumentalen monumentaler
dative monumentalem monumentaler monumentalem monumentalen
accusative monumentalen monumentale monumentales monumentale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der monumentale die monumentale das monumentale die monumentalen
genitive des monumentalen der monumentalen des monumentalen der monumentalen
dative dem monumentalen der monumentalen dem monumentalen den monumentalen
accusative den monumentalen die monumentale das monumentale die monumentalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein monumentaler eine monumentale ein monumentales (keine) monumentalen
genitive eines monumentalen einer monumentalen eines monumentalen (keiner) monumentalen
dative einem monumentalen einer monumentalen einem monumentalen (keinen) monumentalen
accusative einen monumentalen eine monumentale ein monumentales (keine) monumentalen
Comparative forms of monumental
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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
Superlative forms of monumental
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am monumentalsten sie ist am monumentalsten es ist am monumentalsten sie sind am monumentalsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative monumentalster monumentalste monumentalstes monumentalste
genitive monumentalsten monumentalster monumentalsten monumentalster
dative monumentalstem monumentalster monumentalstem monumentalsten
accusative monumentalsten monumentalste monumentalstes monumentalste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der monumentalste die monumentalste das monumentalste die monumentalsten
genitive des monumentalsten der monumentalsten des monumentalsten der monumentalsten
dative dem monumentalsten der monumentalsten dem monumentalsten den monumentalsten
accusative den monumentalsten die monumentalste das monumentalste die monumentalsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein monumentalster eine monumentalste ein monumentalstes (keine) monumentalsten
genitive eines monumentalsten einer monumentalsten eines monumentalsten (keiner) monumentalsten
dative einem monumentalsten einer monumentalsten einem monumentalsten (keinen) monumentalsten
accusative einen monumentalsten eine monumentalste ein monumentalstes (keine) monumentalsten

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Lombard edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Milanese) IPA(key): /monymẽːtɒːl/

Adjective edit

monumental (plural monumentai)

  1. monumental

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

Adjective edit

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

  1. monumental

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

Adjective edit

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

  1. monumental

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Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.nu.mẽˈtal/ [mu.nu.mẽˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.nu.mẽˈta.li/

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

Adjective edit

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

  1. monumental
    Synonym: monumentoso

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin monumentalis or French monumental or Italian monumentale.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mo.nu.menˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

Adjective edit

monumental m or n (feminine singular monumentală, masculine plural monumentali, feminine and neuter plural monumentale)

  1. monumental

Declension edit

Declension of monumental
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite monumental monumentală monumentali monumentale
definite monumentalul monumentala monumentalii monumentalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite monumental monumentale monumentali monumentale
definite monumentalului monumentalei monumentalilor monumentalelor

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monumento +‎ -al.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /monumenˈtal/ [mo.nu.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

Adjective edit

monumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentales)

  1. monumental

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