monumental
/ˌmɒnjəˈmentəl/mahn-yuh-MEN-tuhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌmɑnjəˈmɛntəl/mahn-yuh-MEN-tuhl
Meaningrelating to a monument
Common meaning: huge
Other meanings: very important
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- monto remind, warnLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1161 · scan
- umLatin neuter ending
- entadjective ending: being or doing
- aladjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Latinmoneō, monuī, monitum‘to remind, warn’
- Frenchmonument
- Englishmonument‘a structure built in memory of someone’
- Englishformed in English from monumentmonumental‘huge’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from monument + -al.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MONUMENT, p.376 · scan
Roots
- moneō, monuī, monitum Latin “to remind, warn”
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