monumental
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editmonumental (comparative more monumental, superlative most monumental)
- In the manner of a monument.
- Large, grand and imposing.
- 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
- (archaeology) Relating to monuments.
- Monumental construction.
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Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [mu.nu.mənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mo.nu.mənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [mo.nu.menˈtal]
Adjective
editmonumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentals)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “monumental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “monumental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “monumental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “monumental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom monument (“monument”) + -al, from French monumental, from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum (“reminder, monument”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmonumental
- monumental (large, grand and imposing)
Inflection
editInflection of monumental | |||
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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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editReferences
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum. By surface analysis, monument + -al.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmonumental (feminine monumentale, masculine plural monumentaux, feminine plural monumentales)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “monumental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin monumentālis.
Adjective
editmonumental m or f (plural monumentais)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “monumental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
German
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmonumental (strong nominative masculine singular monumentaler, comparative monumentaler, superlative am monumentalsten)
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “monumental” in Duden online
- “monumental” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Lombard
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmonumental (plural monumentai)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.
Adjective
editmonumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “monumental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.
Adjective
editmonumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “monumental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin monumentālis.
Pronunciation
edit
Adjective
editmonumental m or f (plural monumentais)
- monumental
- Synonym: monumentoso
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “monumental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
editAlternative forms
edit- монументал (monumental) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
editBorrowed from Latin monumentalis or French monumental or Italian monumentale. By surface analysis, monument + -al.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmonumental m or n (feminine singular monumentală, masculine plural monumentali, feminine and neuter plural monumentale)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
Further reading
edit- monumental in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monumento + -al.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmonumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentales)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “monumental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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