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See also:Monumentandmonûment

English

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Devils Tower National Monument.

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmonument, fromOld Frenchmonument, fromLatinmonumentum(memorial, monument, tomb), frommonēre(to remind).

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Noun

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monument (pluralmonuments)

A monument (definitions 1 or 2) inLithuania at the Geographical Center ofEurope
The Monument to the Great Fire of London, in the City of London
  1. A structure built forcommemorative or symbolic reasons, or as amemorial; acommemoration.
    There is amonument on thetown green to thesoldiers whodied inWorld War I.
  2. An important site owned by thecommunity as a whole.
  3. (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
  4. A sign ofexceptionalachievement.
    • 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 livingmonument of the defeat of the speculative builder.
    • 1961 October, “Talking of Trains: Last of the M.S.W.J.R.”, inTrains Illustrated, page586:
      The line became amonument to his drive and imagination — and a hard training course for the future chief of the Great Central.
  5. An important burialvault ortomb.
  6. Any grave marker.
  7. A legal document.
  8. A surveyingreference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
  9. A pile ofstones left by aprospector to claim ownership ofore etc. found in amine.
  10. (surveying) A natural or artificialobject used as areference point.
  11. Asurvivingrecord.
    • 1896, Auguste Brachet, Paget Toynbee,A Historical Grammar of the French Language (Clarendon Press series)‎[2], Clarendon Press,→LCCN,→OCLC, page15:
      This linguistic fragment, rough as it may appear, is of the highest interest; for it is the first writtenmonument 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])‎[3], Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG,→ISBN,→OCLC:
      Czech was long used as a written language also by the Slovaks; the earliest existing Slovakmonument is theŽilina Town Book from the late 15th century
  12. (cycling)Alternative spelling ofMonument(prestigious one-day race).

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Translations

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structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons
important site owned by the community as a whole
exceptional or prideful achievement
important burial vault
legal document
surviving record

Verb

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monument (third-person singular simple presentmonuments,present participlemonumenting,simple past and past participlemonumented)

  1. (transitive) Tomark ormemorialize with a monument.
  2. (transitive) To place asurveyor's monument at.
    • 1985,Input Formats and Specifications of the National Geodetic Survey Data Base, pages3-8:
      Enter the year the marker wasmonumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " .
    • 2009, Stephen V. Estopinal,A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, page91:
      Having chosen andmonumented 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, page69:
      The first-order network is usuallymonumented on the roofs of buildings; ground stations are used only in suburban districts.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmonumentum.

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Noun

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monument m (pluralmonuments)

  1. monument

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmonumentum.

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Noun

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monument n (singular definitemonumentet,plural indefinitemonumenter)

  1. monument

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Dutch

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DutchWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmonumentum.

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monument n (pluralmonumenten,diminutivemonumentje n)

  1. monument

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Estonian

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EstonianWikipedia has an article on:
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Russalkamonument in Tallinn

Etymology

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FromGermanMonument, ultimately fromLatinmonumentum(memorial) (frommonēre(to remind)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmonumenʲt/
  • Hyphenation:mo‧nu‧ment

Noun

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monument (genitivemonumendi,partitivemonumenti)

  1. monument
    1. Asculpture orbuilding built for thehonour andcommemoration of aperson or anevent.

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Declension ofmonument (ÕS type22e/riik,t-d gradation)
singularplural
nominativemonumentmonumendid
accusativenom.
gen.monumendi
genitivemonumentide
partitivemonumentimonumente
monumentisid
illativemonumenti
monumendisse
monumentidesse
monumendesse
inessivemonumendismonumentides
monumendes
elativemonumendistmonumentidest
monumendest
allativemonumendilemonumentidele
monumendele
adessivemonumendilmonumentidel
monumendel
ablativemonumendiltmonumentidelt
monumendelt
translativemonumendiksmonumentideks
monumendeks
terminativemonumendinimonumentideni
essivemonumendinamonumentidena
abessivemonumenditamonumentideta
comitativemonumendigamonumentidega

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmonumentum.

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monument m (pluralmonuments)

  1. monument

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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmonumentum.

Noun

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monument m (pluralmonuments)

  1. monument

Norwegian Bokmål

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NorwegianWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmonumentum.

Noun

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monument n (definite singularmonumentet,indefinite pluralmonumentormonumenter,definite pluralmonumentaormonumentene)

  1. monument

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmonumentum.

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monument n (definite singularmonumentet,indefinite pluralmonument,definite pluralmonumenta)

  1. monument

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Occitan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmonumentum. Attested from the 13th century.[1]

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monument m (pluralmonuments)

  1. monument

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  1. ^Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber,2008-2025, page390

Piedmontese

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monument m

  1. monument

Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatinmonumentum.

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monument inan (diminutivemonumencik)

  1. (sculpture)monument(structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)
    Synonym:pomnik
  2. monument(exceptional or prideful achievement)

Declension

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Declension ofmonument
singularplural
nominativemonumentmonumenty
genitivemonumentumonumentów
dativemonumentowimonumentom
accusativemonumentmonumenty
instrumentalmonumentemmonumentami
locativemonumenciemonumentach
vocativemonumenciemonumenty

Further reading

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  • monument inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • monument in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchmonument,Latinmonumentum. Doublet of the inheritedmormânt.

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monument n (pluralmonumente)

  1. monument
  2. memorial

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singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativemonumentmonumentulmonumentemonumentele
genitive-dativemonumentmonumentuluimonumentemonumentelor
vocativemonumentulemonumentelor

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinmonumentum.

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Noun

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monument n

  1. monument

Declension

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Declension ofmonument
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitemonumentmonuments
definitemonumentetmonumentets
pluralindefinitemonumentermonumenters
definitemonumenternamonumenternas

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