monumental
English
/ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/
adj
Definitions
- In the manner of a monument.
- Large, grand and imposing.
- Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
- (archaeology) Relating to monuments.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin monumentālis, monumentum (monument, memorial, reminder) suffix from English monument.
Origin
English
monument
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- megamonument English
- monument English
- monumentalise English
- monumentalism English
- monumentality English
- monumentalization English
- monumentalize English
- monumentally English
- monumented English
- monumentless English
- monumentous English
- unmonumental English
- moneō Latin
- monumentalis Latin
- monumentum Latin
- monumentālis Latin
- monumental German
- monumentális Hungarian
- monumento Italian
- monument Dutch, Flemish
- monument French
- monumental French
- monumental Spanish, Castilian
- monumento Spanish, Castilian
- monument Norwegian Bokmål
- monumental Norwegian Bokmål
- monumental Portuguese
- monument Swedish
- monument Norwegian Nynorsk
- monumental Norwegian Nynorsk
- monument Danish
- monument Old French
- monument Catalan, Valencian
- monumental Catalan, Valencian
- monumental Galician
- mormânt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- monument Norman
- monûment Norman
- monumento Old Portuguese
- mõimento Old Portuguese
- მონუმენტი Georgian
- murmintu Aromanian
- monument Occitan
- murmint Megleno-Romanian