Dictionary

monument en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/ (General-American)
• /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmɑnjəmənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”). Partially displaced Old English bēacn.

Meanings

1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
   • There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
3. (UK) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
4. A sign of exceptional achievement.
   • The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder. 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
   • The line became a monument to his drive and imagination — and a hard training course for the future chief of the Great Central. 1961 October, “Talking of Trains: Last of the M.S.W.J.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 586:
5. An important burial vault or tomb.
6. Any grave marker.
7. A legal document.
8. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
9. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
10. A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
11. A surviving record.
    • Czech was long used as a written language also by the Slovaks; the earliest existing Slovak monument is the Žilina Town Book from the late 15ᵗʰ century 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]), Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, →OCLC:
    • This linguistic fragment, rough as it may appear, is of the highest interest; for it is the first written monument of the French language, eleven hundred years old. 1896, Auguste Brachet, Paget Toynbee, A Historical Grammar of the French Language (Clarendon Press series), Clarendon Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:
12. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
    alt of Monument

Forms

Deriveds

remonumentation · megamonument · natural monument · monument sign · Monument Beach · survey monument · monumentlike · monument plant · Monument Valley · national monument · monumentous · monumentless · ancient monument · Monument Hills

Hyponyms

headstone · obelisk · cenotaph · vault

Relateds

monumental · monumentally

Translations (145)

wym pomnik (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ml സ്മാരകം (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · lo ອານຸສາວະລີ (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · mrj ӓштемик (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ps آبده (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ce хӏоллам (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fi monumentti (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ka მონუმენტი (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sq monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · tl bantayog (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ur یادْگار (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · de Ehrenmal (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · tg ёдгорӣ (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fr mémorial (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · da mindesmærke (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fa-ira یادْگار (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · bg монуме́нт (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · tt һәйкәл (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · cs památník (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · de Denkmal (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ko 모뉴먼트 (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · uk па́м'ятник (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · de Monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · hu emlékmű (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · cmn 紀念碑 /纪念碑 (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · th อนุสรณ์สถาน (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fi monumentti (important site owned by the community as a whole) · he אַנדַרטָה (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · hu műemlék (important site owned by the community as a whole) · bn স্মৃতিসৌধ (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · pa ਸਮਾਰਕ (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · be па́мятнік (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · et mälestussammas (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · eo monumento (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ug يادىكارلىق (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · hy հուշարձան (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · mk спо́меник (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ru па́мятник (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ps ماذنه (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · gl monumento (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · hi स्मारक (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sl spomenik (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · tk monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · yue 紀念碑 /纪念碑 (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · tk ýadygärlik (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · lv monuments (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · et monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fa-ira یادْمان (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · be мануме́нт (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · et mälestusmärk (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ja モニュメント (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · grc μνῆμα (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · is minnismerki (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · vi tượng đài (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · dsb pomnik (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ur یاد گار (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · tg ҳайкал (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · vi đài kỷ niệm (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · yi דענקמאָל (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · it monumento (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fa-ira یادْگاری (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sh спо̏менӣк (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · cv палӑк (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · mn хөшөө (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · pl monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · da monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ga séadchomhartha (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · el μνημείο (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · es monumento (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · pl zabytek (important site owned by the community as a whole) · ca monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · szl pōmnik (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ja 記念碑 (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · lt monumentas (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sq përmendore (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · kk ескерткіш (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · la monumentum (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ka ძეგლი (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · id tugu (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ko 기념비 (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · pl pomnik (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · bg па́метник (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sv minnesmärke (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · he יָד (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ro monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · bua хүшөө (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · uz yodgorlik (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sk pamätník (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · cy cofadeilad (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ba һәйкәл (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ug ئابىدە (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · cs monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · he מוֹנוֹמֶנְט (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · hsb pomnik (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sk pomník (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · tr anıt (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ms monumen (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · pt monumento (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ps يادګار (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sah пааматынньык (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · be по́мнік (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ky эстелик (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · af monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · tr abide (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fr monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ar مَعْلَم تَذْكَارِيّ (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · az abidə (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · cy cofadail (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · pdt Denkjmol (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · nb monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · th อนุสาวรีย์ (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · cs pomník (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · uz haykal (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · uk монуме́нт (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · hu nyelvemlék (surviving record) · sh spȍmenīk (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · lt paminklas (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · km អនុស្សាវរីយ៍ (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ru монуме́нт (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · bo དྲན་གསོའི་རྟེན (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · nl monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · my ပေါ်ထင်စေသောအရာ (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · uz monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · km វិមាន (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · hi यादगार (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · nn monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sk monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · om siidaa (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · lv piemineklis (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ar نُصُب (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · pl monument (exceptional or prideful achievement) · csb pòmnik (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · lb Monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · be манумэ́нт (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · id monumen (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fi suursaavutus (exceptional or prideful achievement) · sh мону̀мент (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fi asiakirja (legal document) · ga leacht (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · vi đài tưởng niệm (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · ab абаҟа (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · nrf monûment (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sv monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · sh monùment (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons) · fi hautamuistomerkki (important burial vault)

monument en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/ (General-American)
• /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmɑnjəmənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”). Partially displaced Old English bēacn.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To mark or memorialize with a monument.
2. (transitive) To place a surveyor's monument at.
   • Having chosen and monumented the initial point, the surveyor established the "principal meridian" by traversing north and south from the initial point. 2009, Stephen V. Estopinal, A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, page 91:
   • The first-order network is usually monumented on the roofs of buildings; ground stations are used only in suburban districts. 2012, T. J. Blachut, A. Chrzanowski, J. H. Saastamoinen, Urban Surveying and Mapping, page 69:
   • Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " . 1985, Input Formats and Specifications of the National Geodetic Survey Data Base, pages 3-8:

Forms