# monument
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial”), from monēre (“to remind”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/, /ˈmɑnjəmənt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: mon‧u‧ment

### Noun

monument (plural monuments)
* A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
    There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
* An important site owned by the community as a whole.
* A sign of exceptional achievement.
** 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder.
** 1961 October, “Talking of Trains: Last of the M.S.W.J.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 586:The line became a monument to his drive and imagination — and a hard training course for the future chief of the Great Central.
* An important burial vault or tomb.
* Any grave marker.
* A legal document.
* A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
* A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
* (surveying) A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
* A surviving record.
** 1896, Auguste Brachet, Paget Toynbee, A Historical Grammar of the French Language (Clarendon Press series)‎, Clarendon Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:This linguistic fragment, rough as it may appear, is of the highest interest; for it is the first written monument of the French language, eleven hundred years old.
** 2018 June 11, Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science [HSK])‎, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, →OCLC:Czech was long used as a written language also by the Slovaks; the earliest existing Slovak monument is the Žilina Town Book from the late 15th century
* (cycling) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).

#### Hyponyms

* cenotaph
* headstone
* obelisk
* vault

#### Derived terms

* ancient monument
* Monument Hills
* monument plant
* monument sign
* Monument Valley
* natural monument
* remonumentation
* survey monument

#### Related terms

* monumental
* monumentally

#### Translations
### Verb

monument (third-person singular simple present monuments, present participle monumenting, simple past and past participle monumented)
* (transitive) To mark or memorialize with a monument.
* (transitive) To place a surveyor's monument at.
** 1985, Input Formats and Specifications of the National Geodetic Survey Data Base, pages 3-8:Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " .
** 2009, Stephen V. Estopinal, A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, page 91:Having chosen and monumented the initial point, the surveyor established the "principal meridian" by traversing north and south from the initial point.
** 2012, T. J. Blachut, A. Chrzanowski, J. H. Saastamoinen, Urban Surveying and Mapping, page 69:The first-order network is usually monumented on the roofs of buildings; ground stations are used only in suburban districts.

#### Further reading

* “monument”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “monument”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [mu.nuˈmen]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [mo.nuˈment]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

monument m (plural monuments)
* monument

#### Related terms

* monumental

### Further reading

* “monument” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “monument”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “monument” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “monument” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [monuˈmɛ̝ˀnd̥]

### Noun

monument n (singular definite monumentet, plural indefinite monumenter)
* monument

#### Synonyms

* mindesmærke

### References

* “monument” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “monument” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmoːnyˈmɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Noun

monument n (plural monumenten, diminutive monumentje n)
* monument

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: monumen
* → Papiamentu: monument (dated)

## Estonian
### Etymology

From German Monument, ultimately from Latin monumentum (“memorial”) (from monēre (“to remind”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmonumenʲt/
* Hyphenation: mo‧nu‧ment

### Noun

monument (genitive monumendi, partitive monumenti)
* monument
** A sculpture or building built for the honour and commemoration of a person or an event.

#### Synonyms

* mälestusmärk
* mälestussammas
* mälestuskivi
* ausammas
* sammas
* mälestis
* memoriaal

#### Derived terms

* monumentaalne

### References

* monument in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔ.ny.mɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

monument m (plural monuments)
* monument

### Further reading

* “monument”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

### Noun

monument m (plural monuments)
* monument

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

### Noun

monument n (definite singular monumentet, indefinite plural monument or monumenter, definite plural monumenta or monumentene)
* monument

#### Related terms

* monumental

### References

* “monument” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

### Noun

monument n (definite singular monumentet, indefinite plural monument, definite plural monumenta)
* monument

#### Related terms

* monumental

### References

* “monument” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum. Attested from the 13th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /munyˈmen/
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Noun

monument m (plural monuments)
* monument

#### Related terms

* monumental

### References

* ↑ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 390.

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /munyˈmɛŋt/

### Noun

monument m
* monument

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin monumentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔˈnu.mɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -umɛnt
* Syllabification: mo‧nu‧ment

### Noun

monument m inan (diminutive monumencik)
* (sculpture) monument (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)
    Synonym: pomnik
* monument (exceptional or prideful achievement)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* monument in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* monument in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French monument, Latin monumentum. Doublet of the inherited mormânt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mo.nuˈment/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

monument n (plural monumente)
* monument
* memorial

#### Related terms

* monumental

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːnɵˈmɛnt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

monument n
* monument

#### Synonyms

* minnesmärke