menhiro

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French menhir, derived from Breton maen-hir (literally “long stone”), from maen (“stone”); compare Welsh maen hir, Cornish men hir. Additional cognates (mostly borrowed from French) include Polish menhir, Russian менгир (mengir), Italian menhir, German Menhir, Yiddish מענהיר (menhir).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menˈhiro/
  • Rhymes: -iro
  • Hyphenation: men‧hi‧ro

Noun

menhiro (accusative singular menhiron, plural menhiroj, accusative plural menhirojn)

  1. (archaeology) menhir (prehistoric stone monument)
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