monument

Signification

Noun

1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
3. A sign of exceptional achievement.
4. An important burial vault or tomb.
5. Any grave marker.
6. A legal document.
7. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
8. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
9. A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
10. A surviving record.

Verb

1. To mark or memorialize with a monument.
2. To place a surveyor's monument at.

Coupé comme

mon‧u‧ment

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɑnjʊmənt/

Étymologie

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