obelisk

See also: Obelisk

English

An obelisk (monument)

Alternative forms

• obelisc

Etymology

1569. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French obelisque, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), diminutive of ὀβελός (obelós, “needle”).

Noun

obelisk (plural obelisks)

1. A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
   • 2012 January, Henry Petroski, “The Washington Monument”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, page 16:

     The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.

2. (printing) The dagger sign (†), especially when used as a reference mark.

Translations

A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point

• Armenian: կոթող (hy) (kotʻoġ)
• Burmese: ကျောက်စာတိုင် (my) (kyaukcatuing)
• Catalan: obelisc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 方尖碑 (zh) (fāngjiānbēi)

• Czech: obelisk (cs) m
• Dutch: obelisk (nl) m
• Egyptian: (tḫn)
• Esperanto: obelisko
• Estonian: obelisk (et)
• Finnish: obeliski (fi)
• French: obélisque (fr) m
• German: Obelisk (de) m
• Greek: οβελίσκος (el) m (ovelískos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: obeliszk (hu)
• Irish: oibilisc f
• Italian: obelisco (it) m
• Japanese: 記念碑 (きねんひ, kinenbi), 塔 (ja) (とう, tō)
• Latin: obeliscus m
• Polish: obelisk (pl) m
• Portuguese: obelisco (pt) m
• Russian: обели́ск (ru) m (obelísk)
• Slovene: obelísk (sl) m
• Spanish: obelisco (es) m
• Swedish: obelisk (sv) c
• Tagalog: obelisko
• Turkish: dikili taş (tr), obelisk (tr)

The dagger sign (†)

• French: obèle (fr) m
• German: Kreuz (de) n
• Greek: οβελίσκος (el) m (ovelískos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: miodóg f
• Latin: obeliscus m
• Swedish: kors (sv) n

See also

• menhir
• pillar

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Polish

obelisk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈbɛ.lisk/

• Audio:

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Noun

obelisk m inan

1. obelisk

Declension

Declension of obelisk

	singular	plural
nominative	obelisk	obeliski
genitive	obelisku	obelisków
dative	obeliskowi	obeliskom
accusative	obelisk	obeliski
instrumental	obeliskiem	obeliskami
locative	obelisku	obeliskach
vocative	obelisku	obeliski

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obělisk/
• Hyphenation: o‧be‧lisk

Noun

obèlisk m (Cyrillic spelling обѐлиск)

1. obelisk

Declension

Declension of obelisk

	singular	plural
nominative	obèlisk	obèlisci
genitive	obeliska	obèlisāka / obèliskā
dative	obelisku	obeliscima
accusative	obelisk	obeliske
vocative	obelišče / obelisku	obelisci
locative	obelisku	obeliscima
instrumental	obeliskom	obeliscima

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obɛlɪsk/
• Rhymes: -ɪsk

Noun

obelisk c

1. obelisk

Declension

Declension of obelisk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	obelisk	obelisken	obelisker	obeliskerna
Genitive	obelisks	obeliskens	obeliskers	obeliskernas