menhir
See also: Menhir
English
Etymology
From French, from Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) + hir (“tall”) (compare Welsh maen hir, Cornish mênhere).
Pronunciation
Noun
menhir (plural menhirs)
- 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.
- 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:
Translations
standing stone as a monument
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
menhir m (plural menhirs, diminutive menhirtje n)
French
Etymology
From Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) + hir (“tall”).
Pronunciation
Noun
menhir m (plural menhirs)
Further reading
- “menhir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From French.
Noun
menhir n (plural menhire)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
menhir m (plural menhires)
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