monumental

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Adjective

monumental (comparative more monumental, superlative most monumental)

1. In the manner of a monument.
2. Large, grand and imposing.
3. Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
   • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, page 171:

     Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.

   a monumental task

4. (archaeology) Relating to monuments.

   Monumental construction.

Derived terms

• monumentalize
• monumentally
• monumental mason
• monumental masonry
• unmonumental

 

Translations

in the manner of a monument

• Belarusian: манумента́льны (manumjentálʹny)
• Catalan: monumental (ca)
• Finnish: monumentaalinen (fi), mahtava (fi)
• Galician: monumental
• Hungarian: emlékművi
• Romanian: monumental (ro)
• Russian: монумента́льный (ru) (monumentálʹnyj)
• Spanish: monumental (es)
• Ukrainian: монумента́льний (monumentálʹnyj)

large, grand and imposing

• Belarusian: манумента́льны (manumjentálʹny)
• Bulgarian: величествен (bg) (veličestven), монументален (bg) (monumentalen)
• Catalan: monumental (ca)
• Esperanto: monumenta
• Finnish: valtava (fi), suunnaton (fi), monumentaalinen (fi)
• Georgian: მონუმენტური (monumenṭuri), გრანდიოზული (grandiozuli), შთამბეჭდავი (štambeč̣davi)
• German: monumental (de)
• Hungarian: monumentális (hu), nagyszabású (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: monumental

  Nynorsk: monumental

• Polish: monumentalny (pl)
• Romanian: monumental (ro)
• Russian: монумента́льный (ru) (monumentálʹnyj)
• Ukrainian: монумента́льний (monumentálʹnyj)

taking a great amount of time and effort to complete

• Catalan: monumental (ca)
• Finnish: valtava (fi), mittava (fi), monumentaalinen (fi)
• German: monumental (de)
• Hungarian: hatalmas (hu)
• Polish: monumentalny (pl)
• Romanian: monumental (ro)

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} monumentaal (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} monumenta
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} monumentala (io), ^{(please verify)} monumentatra (io)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} величествен (veličestven), ^{(please verify)} монумента́лен (monumentálen)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} monumental (es)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monument +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.nu.mənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mo.nu.mənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mo.nu.menˈtal]

Adjective

monumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentals)

1. monumental

Derived terms

• monumentalisme
• monumentalitat

Further reading

• “monumental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “monumental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “monumental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “monumental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From monument (“monument”) +‎ -al, from French monumental, from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum (“reminder, monument”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monuməntaːl/, [monumənˈtˢæːˀl]

Adjective

monumental

1. monumental (large, grand and imposing)

Inflection

Inflection of monumental
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	monumental	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	monumentalt	—	—2
Plural	monumentale	—	—2
Definite attributive1	monumentale	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• grandios
• storslået

References

• “monumental” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum. By surface analysis, monument +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

monumental (feminine monumentale, masculine plural monumentaux, feminine plural monumentales)

1. monumental

Derived terms

• monumentaliser
• monumentalisme
• monumentalité

 

Further reading

• “monumental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis.

Adjective

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

1. monumental

Derived terms

• monumentalidade

Further reading

• “monumental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

German

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monumɛnˈtaːl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

monumental (strong nominative masculine singular monumentaler, comparative monumentaler, superlative am monumentalsten)

1. monumental

Declension

Positive forms of monumental

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist monumental	sie ist monumental	es ist monumental	sie sind monumental
strong declension (without article)	nominative	monumentaler	monumentale	monumentales	monumentale
	genitive	monumentalen	monumentaler	monumentalen	monumentaler
	dative	monumentalem	monumentaler	monumentalem	monumentalen
	accusative	monumentalen	monumentale	monumentales	monumentale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der monumentale	die monumentale	das monumentale	die monumentalen
	genitive	des monumentalen	der monumentalen	des monumentalen	der monumentalen
	dative	dem monumentalen	der monumentalen	dem monumentalen	den monumentalen
	accusative	den monumentalen	die monumentale	das monumentale	die monumentalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein monumentaler	eine monumentale	ein monumentales	(keine) monumentalen
	genitive	eines monumentalen	einer monumentalen	eines monumentalen	(keiner) monumentalen
	dative	einem monumentalen	einer monumentalen	einem monumentalen	(keinen) monumentalen
	accusative	einen monumentalen	eine monumentale	ein monumentales	(keine) monumentalen

Comparative forms of monumental

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist monumentaler	sie ist monumentaler	es ist monumentaler	sie sind monumentaler
strong declension (without article)	nominative	monumentalerer	monumentalere	monumentaleres	monumentalere
	genitive	monumentaleren	monumentalerer	monumentaleren	monumentalerer
	dative	monumentalerem	monumentalerer	monumentalerem	monumentaleren
	accusative	monumentaleren	monumentalere	monumentaleres	monumentalere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der monumentalere	die monumentalere	das monumentalere	die monumentaleren
	genitive	des monumentaleren	der monumentaleren	des monumentaleren	der monumentaleren
	dative	dem monumentaleren	der monumentaleren	dem monumentaleren	den monumentaleren
	accusative	den monumentaleren	die monumentalere	das monumentalere	die monumentaleren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein monumentalerer	eine monumentalere	ein monumentaleres	(keine) monumentaleren
	genitive	eines monumentaleren	einer monumentaleren	eines monumentaleren	(keiner) monumentaleren
	dative	einem monumentaleren	einer monumentaleren	einem monumentaleren	(keinen) monumentaleren
	accusative	einen monumentaleren	eine monumentalere	ein monumentaleres	(keine) monumentaleren

Superlative forms of monumental

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am monumentalsten	sie ist am monumentalsten	es ist am monumentalsten	sie sind am monumentalsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	monumentalster	monumentalste	monumentalstes	monumentalste
	genitive	monumentalsten	monumentalster	monumentalsten	monumentalster
	dative	monumentalstem	monumentalster	monumentalstem	monumentalsten
	accusative	monumentalsten	monumentalste	monumentalstes	monumentalste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der monumentalste	die monumentalste	das monumentalste	die monumentalsten
	genitive	des monumentalsten	der monumentalsten	des monumentalsten	der monumentalsten
	dative	dem monumentalsten	der monumentalsten	dem monumentalsten	den monumentalsten
	accusative	den monumentalsten	die monumentalste	das monumentalste	die monumentalsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein monumentalster	eine monumentalste	ein monumentalstes	(keine) monumentalsten
	genitive	eines monumentalsten	einer monumentalsten	eines monumentalsten	(keiner) monumentalsten
	dative	einem monumentalsten	einer monumentalsten	einem monumentalsten	(keinen) monumentalsten
	accusative	einen monumentalsten	eine monumentalste	ein monumentalstes	(keine) monumentalsten

Derived terms

• Monumentalbau

Further reading

• “monumental” in Duden online
• “monumental” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Lombard

Pronunciation

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /monymẽːtɒːl/

Adjective

monumental (plural monumentai)

1. monumental

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

Adjective

monumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)

1. monumental

Related terms

• monument

References

• “monumental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

Adjective

monumental (neuter singular monumentalt, definite singular and plural monumentale)

1. monumental

Related terms

• monument

References

• “monumental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.nu.mẽˈtaw/ [mo.nu.mẽˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.nu.mẽˈtal/ [mu.nu.mẽˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.nu.mẽˈtal/ [mu.nu.mẽˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.nu.mẽˈta.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

Adjective

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

1. monumental

   Synonym: monumentoso

Derived terms

• monumentalidade
• monumentalizar
• monumentalmente

 

Related terms

• monumento

Further reading

• “monumental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Alternative forms

• монументал (monumental) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentalis or French monumental or Italian monumentale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.nu.menˈtal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

Adjective

monumental m or n (feminine singular monumentală, masculine plural monumentali, feminine and neuter plural monumentale)

1. monumental

Declension

Declension of monumental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	monumental		monumentală	monumentali	monumentale
	definite	monumentalul		monumentala	monumentalii	monumentalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	monumental		monumentale	monumentali	monumentale
	definite	monumentalului		monumentalei	monumentalilor	monumentalelor

Further reading

• monumental in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monumento +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monumenˈtal/ [mo.nu.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

Adjective

monumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentales)

1. monumental

Derived terms

• monumentalidad
• monumentalismo
• monumentalista
• monumentalizar
• monumentalmente

 

Related terms

• monumento

 

Further reading

• “monumental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014