menhir

See also Menhir

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) + hir (“tall”) ( = Welsh maen hir, Cornish mênhere).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛnhɪə/, SAMPA: /"mEn.hI@/

Noun

menhir (plural menhirs)

1. A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times.
   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:

     no time has passed since we lived in caves, grappled with fish at the reedy shore, buried our dead with a song, with red-ochre and pulled up our dolmens, temples and menhirs and standing stones to the glory of some indeterminate god or gods [...].

   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:

     On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high.

Translations

standing stone as a monument

Dutch: menhir (nl) m. French: menhir (fr) m. German: Menhir (de) m., Hinkelstein (de) m. Hungarian: menhír (hu), kőszál (hu)

Polish: menhir (pl) m. Scottish Gaelic: tursa (gd) m. Spanish: menhir (es) m.

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Dutch

Noun

menhir m. (plural menhirs, diminutive menhirtje)

1. menhir

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French

Noun

menhir m. (plural menhirs)

1. menhir