different between menhir vs megaliths

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French menhir, from Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) +? hir (“tall”) (compare Welsh maen hir, Cornish mênhere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.h??(?)/

Noun

menhir (plural menhirs)

1. (archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French menhir, from Breton maen-hir.

Pronunciation

Noun

menhir m (plural menhirs, diminutive menhirtje n)

1. (archaeology) menhir

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) +? hir (“tall”) (compare Welsh maen hir, Cornish mênhere).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.ni?/

Noun

menhir m (plural menhirs)

1. (archaeology) menhir

Further reading

• “menhir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From French menhir, from Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) +? hir (“tall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.x?ir/

Noun

menhir m inan

1. (archaeology) menhir (standing stone as a monument)

Declension

Further reading

• menhir in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• menhir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French menhir, from Breton maen-hir.

Noun

menhir n (plural menhire)

1. (archaeology) menhir

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French menhir, from Breton maen-hir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?ni?/, [me?ni?]

Noun

menhir m (plural menhires)

1. (archaeology) menhir

English

Noun

megaliths

1. plural of megalith