monumental
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
monumental (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, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, retrieved 24 May 2013, 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
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- (archaeology) Relating to monuments.
- Monumental construction.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- monumentalisme
- monumentalitat
Further reading
- “monumental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “monumental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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
Etymology
From monument (“monument”) + -al, from French monumental, from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum (“reminder, monument”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /monuməntaːl/, [monumənˈtˢæːˀl]
Inflection
Inflection of monumental | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | monumental | — | —2 |
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. |
Synonyms
- grandios
- storslået
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal/
Audio (file)
Adjective
monumental (feminine monumentale, masculine plural monumentaux, feminine plural monumentales)
Derived terms
- monumentaliser
- monumentalisme
- monumentalité
Further reading
- “monumental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /monumɛnˈtaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
monumental (strong nominative masculine singular monumentaler, comparative monumentaler, superlative am monumentalsten)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “monumental” in Duden online
- “monumental” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.
Adjective
monumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.
Adjective
monumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.nu.mẽˈtaw/ [mo.nu.mẽˈtaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.nu.mẽˈtal/ [mu.nu.mẽˈtaɫ]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: mo‧nu‧men‧tal
Derived terms
- monumentalidade
- monumentalizar
- monumentalmente
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Romanian
Etymology
From Latin monumentalis or French monumental or Italian monumentale.
Adjective
monumental m or n (feminine singular monumentală, masculine plural monumentali, feminine and neuter plural monumentale)
Declension
singular | 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 |
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monumento + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /monumenˈtal/ [mo.nu.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: mo‧nu‧men‧tal
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “monumental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014