# monumental
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

monumental (comparative more monumental, superlative most monumental)
* In the manner of a monument.
* Large, grand and imposing.
* Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.
** 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎, 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
* (archaeology) Relating to monuments.
    Monumental construction.

#### Derived terms

* monumentalize
* monumentally
* monumental mason
* monumental masonry
* unmonumental

#### Translations

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## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [mu.nu.mənˈtal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [mo.nu.mənˈtal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [mo.nu.menˈtal]

### Adjective

monumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentals)
* 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, 2025
* “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: /monuməntaːl/, [monumənˈtˢæːˀl]

### Adjective

monumental
* monumental (large, grand and imposing)

#### Inflection

$^1$ 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: /mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* monumentalidade

### Further reading

* “monumental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /monumɛnˈtaːl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːl

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* Monumentalbau

### Further reading

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

## Lombard
### Pronunciation

* (Milanese) IPA: /monymẽːtɒːl/

### Adjective

monumental (plural monumentai)
* monumental

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

### Adjective

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

#### Related terms

* monument

### References

* “monumental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mo.nu.mẽˈtaw/ [mo.nu.mẽˈtaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.nu.mẽˈtal/ [mu.nu.mẽˈtaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.nu.mẽˈtal/ [mu.nu.mẽˈtaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mu.nu.mẽˈta.li/
* Rhymes: -al, -aw
* Hyphenation: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

### Adjective

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)
* monumental
    Synonym: monumentoso

#### Derived terms

* monumentalidade
* monumentalizar
* monumentalmente

#### Related terms

* monumento

### Further reading

* “monumental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentalis or French monumental or Italian monumentale. By surface analysis, monument +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* monumental

#### Declension
### 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: /monumenˈtal/ [mo.nu.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

### Adjective

monumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentales)
* monumental

#### Derived terms

* monumentalidad
* monumentalismo
* monumentalista
* monumentalizar
* monumentalmente

#### Related terms

* monumento

### Further reading

* “monumental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10