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

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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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Catalan

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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

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Etymology

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

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

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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

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Etymology

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

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

  1. monumental

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Galician

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From Late Latin monumentālis.

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monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

  1. monumental

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German

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From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

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

  1. monumental

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Lombard

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

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monumental (plural monumentai)

  1. monumental

Norwegian Bokmål

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From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

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

  1. monumental
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

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

  1. monumental
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Portuguese

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Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis.

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  • (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

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monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

  1. monumental
    Synonym: monumentoso

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin monumentalis or French monumental or Italian monumentale. By surface analysis, monument +‎ -al.

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

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

  1. monumental

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

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

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monumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentales)

  1. monumental

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