monumental en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌmɒnjəˈmɛntəl/ (Canada)
- audio Colorado
- /ˌmɑnjəˈmɛntəl/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
- /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument + -al.
Meanings
- In the manner of a monument.
- Large, grand and imposing.
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Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
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.
2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:a monumental task
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Relating to monuments.
Monumental construction.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most monumental | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more monumental | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
monumentally · monumentalize · monumentalism · monumental mason · monumental masonry · monumentalization · premonumental · unmonumental · monumentality · monumentalise
Translations (38)
fi valtava (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete) · fi suunnaton (large, grand and imposing) · hu hatalmas (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete) · fi monumentaalinen (large, grand and imposing) · ca monumental (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete) · be манумента́льны (large, grand and imposing) · nn monumental (large, grand and imposing) · hu nagyszabású (large, grand and imposing) · uk монумента́льний (large, grand and imposing) · ro monumental (large, grand and imposing) · ro monumental (in the manner of a monument) · uk монумента́льний (in the manner of a monument) · ka მონუმენტური (large, grand and imposing) · ru монумента́льный (large, grand and imposing) · eo monumenta (large, grand and imposing) · ka გრანდიოზული (large, grand and imposing) · bg величествен (large, grand and imposing) · ru монумента́льный (in the manner of a monument) · ro monumental (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete) · gl monumental (in the manner of a monument) · fi mittava (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete) · fi mahtava (in the manner of a monument) · de monumental (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete) · hu emlékművi (in the manner of a monument) · es monumental (in the manner of a monument) · hu monumentális (large, grand and imposing) · pl monumentalny (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete) · ka შთამბეჭდავი (large, grand and imposing) · pl monumentalny (large, grand and imposing) · fi valtava (large, grand and imposing) · bg монументален (large, grand and imposing) · ca monumental (in the manner of a monument) · nb monumental (large, grand and imposing) · be манумента́льны (in the manner of a monument) · fi monumentaalinen (taking a great amount of time and effort to complete) · de monumental (large, grand and imposing) · ca monumental (large, grand and imposing) · fi monumentaalinen (in the manner of a monument)