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monument^¹

/ˈmɑnjʊmənt/ US
/ˈmɑnjəmənt/ US
/ˈmɒnjʊmənt/ UK

Where it comes from

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

Partially displaced Old English bēacn.

noun 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.
UK a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
A sign of exceptional achievement. 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.
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.
A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
A surviving record. 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.
alternative Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).

verb monuments · monumenting · monumented

transitive To mark or memorialize with a monument.
transitive To place a surveyor's monument at. Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " .

Monument^²

proper noun

A town in El Paso County, Colorado.
An unincorporated community in Logan County, Kansas.
A census-designated place in Lea County, New Mexico.
A minor city in Grant County, Oregon.
A census-designated place in Liberty Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.

noun Monuments

Any of the five most prestigious men's one-day road cycling races: Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liege–Bastogne–Liege and Giro di Lombardia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: memorial, repository, landmark, monumental, building, cenotaph, artifact, monolith, statue, cairn, tablet, piece, archaeological, tower, archeological, commemorative

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Every language

noun structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons

Español	monumento
한국어	기념비 ginyeombi, 모뉴먼트 monyumeonteu
日本語	記念碑 kinenhi, モニュメント monyumento
中文	紀念碑 /纪念碑 jìniànbēi
हिन्दी	स्मारक smārak, यादगार yādgār
Português	monumento
Français	monument, mémorial
Deutsch	Denkmal, Monument, Ehrenmal
Italiano	monumento
Ελληνικά	μνημείο mnimeío
Română	monument
Русский	па́мятник pámjatnik, монуме́нт monumént
Tiếng Việt	đài tưởng niệm, đài kỷ niệm, tượng đài
العربية	نُصُب nuṣub, مَعْلَم تَذْكَارِيّ maʕlam taḏkāriyy
עברית	מוֹנוֹמֶנְט monumént, אַנדַרטָה andárta, andartá, יָד yad

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@misc{monument_2026,
  title = {monument},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monument},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}