monolith

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (also, attributive) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.
2. (also, attributive, figuratively) Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.
3. A substrate having many tiny channels that is cast as a single piece, which is used as a stationary phase for chromatography, as a catalytic surface, etc.
4. (British) A dead tree whose height and size have been reduced by breaking off or cutting its branches.

Verb

1. (transitive) To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
2. (transitive) To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.
3. (British, transitive) To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith.

Conceptes

monòlit

Oposat a

polylith, chimera

Sinònims

monolithic

monoblock

stone monument

enblock

dam block

monolithic monument

Traduccions

monolithe

monolito

monolito

monólito

Monolith

μονόλιθος

monoliet

yekpare

bütüncül

bütün

tek parça anıt

monolithus

Monolito

tektaş

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɒn.ə.lɪθ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb alemany: monolith

In summary

The noun is borrowed from French monolithe (“object made from a single block of stone”), from Middle French monolythe (“made from a single block of stone”) (rare), and from their etymon Latin monolithus (“made from a single block of stone”), from Ancient Greek μονόλιθος (monólithos, “made from a single block of stone”), from μονο- (mono-, prefix meaning ‘alone; single’) (from μόνος (mónos, “alone; only, unique”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”)) + λίθος (líthos, “a stone; stone as a substance”); analysable as mono- + -lith. The English word is cognate with German monolith (“made from a single block of stone”).
The verb is derived from the noun.