monument

Signification (Anglais)

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. (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
4. A sign of exceptional achievement.
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.
12. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).

Verb

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

Concepts

monument

mémorial

cénotaphe

mausolée

borne géodésique

Synonymes

memorial

statue

tombstone

shrine

repository

monumental building

landmark

mark

mausoleum

megalith

memento

pyramid

rock

🪨

sight

souvenir

stonehenge

term

token

tomb

tor

tumulus

Gilead

markstone

geodetic monument

historic building

Gilad

stone marker

bier

boundary tablet

boundary stone

cairn

cenotaph

gravestone

headstone

🪦

Traductions

monumento

Denkmal

monumento

monumento

monument

Monument

μνημείο

monument

gedenkteken

abide

anıt

monumentos

monumentum

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɑnjʊmənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: monument

In summary

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

Phrases

These buildings went on to become the most modern monument of the modern city .

Ces bâtiments sont devenus le monument le plus moderne de la ville moderne.