megalith

English

Megaliths at Avebury megalith

Etymology

From mega- +‎ -lith (< (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Noun

megalith (plural megaliths)

1. (archaeology) A construction involving one or several roughly hewn stone slabs of great size.
2. A large stone used in such a construction.

Derived terms

• megalithic
• megalithical
• megalithically
• megalithism

Translations

construction

• Catalan: megàlit m
• Danish: megalit c
• Dutch: megaliet (nl) m
• Esperanto: megalito
• Finnish: megaliitti
• French: mégalithe (fr) m
• Galician: megálito m, anta f
• German: Megalith (de) m, Megalithbau m, Megalithbauwerk n
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: megalitt m

  Nynorsk: megalitt m

• Portuguese: megálito m
• Scottish Gaelic: (standing stone) tursa
• Spanish: megalito (es) m
• Ukrainian: мегалі́т m (mehalít)

stone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨石 (zh)

• Finnish: megaliitti
• Galician: anta f
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• German: Megalith (de) m
• Scottish Gaelic: (standing stone) tursa
• Swedish: megalit

See also

• dolmen
• monolith
• menhir
• Stonehenge