dolmen

English

A dolmen in Portugal.

Etymology

Perhaps incorrectly fabricated^{[clarification needed]} from Breton taol maen (“stone table”): taol (“table”) + maen (“stone”). See also menhir.

Noun

Wikipedia dolmen (plural dolmens)

1. a prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow.

Synonyms

• cromlech
• portal tomb

Translations

tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones

• Basque: trikuharri (eu), dolmen (eu)
• Breton: liac'hven (br)
• Czech: dolmen (cs) m
• Dutch: hunebed (nl) n
• French: dolmen (fr) m
• German: Dolmen (de) m, Hünenbett (de) n, Hünengrab (de) n, Hünenstein (de) m
• Japanese: 支石墓 (ja) (shisekibo)

• Jèrriais: pouquelaye f
• Korean: 고인돌 (ko) (goindol)
• Polish: dolmen (pl) m
• Portuguese: dólmen (pt) m
• Russian: дольмен (ru) (dol’mén) m 
• Spanish: dolmen (es) m
• Turkish: dolmen (tr)

See also

• menhir

Anagrams

• old men

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Jèrriais

Etymology

Borrowing from English dolmen.

Noun

dolmen m (plural dolmens)

1. dolmen