dolmen

English

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) Dutch: hunebed (nl) n. French: dolmen (fr) m. German: Hünenbett (de) n., Hünengrab (de) n., Hünenstein (de) m. Japanese: 支石墓 (ja) (shisekibo)

Korean: 고인돌 (goindol) Polish: dolmen (pl) m. Portuguese: dólmen (pt) m. Russian: дольмен (ru) m. Spanish: dolmen (es) m. Turkish: dolmen (tr)

See also

• menhir

Anagrams

• old men