monumental

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/
    • (file)

Adjective

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, 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
  4. (archaeology) Relating to monuments.
    Monumental construction.

Derived terms

Translations

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

monumental (masculine and feminine plural monumentals)

  1. monumental

Derived terms

Further reading


Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

monumental

  1. monumental (large, grand and imposing)

Inflection

Inflection of monumental
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.

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal/
  • (file)

Adjective

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

  1. monumental

Derived terms

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis.

Adjective

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

  1. monumental

Derived terms

  • monumentalidade

Further reading


German

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monumɛnˈtaːl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

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

  1. monumental

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

Adjective

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

  1. monumental

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

Adjective

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

  1. monumental

References


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

Adjective

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

  1. monumental
    Synonym: monumentoso

Derived terms

Further reading

  • monumental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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)

  1. monumental

Declension


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

Adjective

monumental (plural monumentales)

  1. monumental

Derived terms

Further reading

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