different between monumental vs iwan

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nj??m?nt?l/

Adjective

monumental (comparative more monumental, superlative most monumental)

1. In the manner of a monument.
2. Large, grand and imposing.
3. Taking a great amount of time and effort to complete.

   a monumental task

4. (archaeology) Relating to monuments.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mo.nu.m?n?tal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu.nu.m?n?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo.nu.men?tal/

Adjective

monumental (masculine and feminine plural monumentals)

1. 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.
• “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 monument?lis, from Latin monumentum (“reminder, monument”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monum?nta?l/, [monum?n?t?æ??l]

Adjective

monumental

1. monumental (large, grand and imposing)

Inflection

Synonyms

• grandios
• storslået

References

• “monumental” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.ny.m??.tal/

Adjective

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

1. monumental

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin monument?lis.

Adjective

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

1. monumental

Derived terms

• monumentalidade

Further reading

• “monumental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

From Late Latin monument?lis, via French monumental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monum?n?ta?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

monumental (comparative monumentaler, superlative am monumentalsten)

1. monumental

Declension

Derived terms

• Monumentalbau

Further reading

• “monumental” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Late Latin monument?lis, via French monumental.

Adjective

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

1. monumental

Related terms

• monument

References

• “monumental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Late Latin monument?lis, via French monumental.

Adjective

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

1. monumental

Related terms

• monument

References

• “monumental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monument?lis.

Adjective

monumental m or f (plural monumentais, comparable)

1. monumental

   Synonym: monumentoso

Derived terms

Related terms

• monumento

Further reading

• “monumental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monument?lis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monumento +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monumen?tal/, [mo.nu.m?n??t?al]

Adjective

monumental (plural monumentales)

1. monumental

Derived terms

Related terms

• monumento

Further reading

• “monumental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ?????? (eyvân, “porch”); see it for more. Doublet of apadana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?iw?n/

Noun

iwan (plural iwans)

1. A large, vaulted chamber with a monumental arched opening on one side.

Alternative forms

• aiwan
• ivan

Related terms

• liwan
• apadana

References

Further reading

• iwan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IAWN, Wain, inaw, wain

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ì???án]

Numeral

iwan (Kana spelling ???)

1. six

Middle English

Noun

iwan (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of iwon

Moere

Noun

iwan

1. ear

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)

Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl

Conjunction

iwan

1. and