different between monument vs runestone

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial”), from mon?re (“to remind”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?nj?m?nt/, /?m?nj?m?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?nj?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: mon?u?ment

Noun

monument (plural monuments)

1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
3. An exceptional or proud achievement.
4. An important burial vault or tomb.
5. A legal document.
6. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
7. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.

Hyponyms

• cenotaph

Derived terms

• ancient monument
• natural monument

Related terms

• monumental
• monumentally

Translations

Verb

monument (third-person singular simple present monuments, present participle monumenting, simple past and past participle monumented)

1. (transitive) To mark or memorialize with a monument.

Further reading

• monument in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• monument in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo.nu?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu.nu?men/

Noun

monument m (plural monuments)

1. 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.
• “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^(key): [monu?m???nd?]

Noun

monument n (singular definite monumentet, plural indefinite monumenter)

1. monument

Synonyms

• mindesmærke

References

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?ny?m?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

monument n (plural monumenten, diminutive monumentje n)

1. monument

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?monumen?t/
• Hyphenation: mo?nu?ment

Noun

monument (genitive monumendi, partitive monumenti)

1. monument
   1. A sculpture or building built for the honour and commemoration of a person or an event.

Declension

Synonyms

• mälestusmärk
• mälestussammas
• mälestuskivi
• ausammas
• sammas
• mälestis
• memoriaal

Derived terms

• monumentaalne

References

• monument” in Sõnaveeb

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.ny.m??/

Noun

monument m (plural monuments)

1. monument

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Noun

monument m (plural monuments)

1. monument

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Noun

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

1. 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)

1. monument

Related terms

• monumental

References

• “monument” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muny?men/

Noun

monument m (plural monuments)

1. monument

Related terms

• monumental

References

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muny?m??t/

Noun

monument m

1. monument

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.nu?ment/

Noun

monument n (plural monumente)

1. monument
2. memorial

Declension

Related terms

• monumental

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monumentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?n??m?nt/

Noun

monument n

1. monument

Declension

Synonyms

• minnesmärke

English

Etymology

From rune +? stone.

Noun

runestone (plural runestones)

1. (archaeology) An ancient monument consisting of a typically raised stone with a runic inscription.

Translations