monumental

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnjʊˈmɛntəl/

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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.
   • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, page 171:

     Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.

   a monumental task

4. (archaeology) Relating to monuments.

   Monumental construction.

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.nu.mənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mo.nu.mənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mo.nu.menˈtal]

monumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentals)

1. monumental

• monumentalisme
• monumentalitat

• “monumental”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “monumental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

From monument (“monument”) +‎ -al, from French monumental, from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum (“reminder, monument”).

• IPA^(key): /monuməntaːl/, [monumənˈtˢæːˀl]

monumental

1. monumental (large, grand and imposing)

• grandios
• storslået

• “monumental” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum. By surface analysis, monument +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.ny.mɑ̃.tal/

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

1. monumental

• “monumental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Late Latin monumentālis.

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

1. monumental

• monumentalidade

• “monumental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

• IPA^(key): /monumɛnˈtaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

monumental (strong nominative masculine singular monumentaler, comparative monumentaler, superlative am monumentalsten)

1. monumental

• Monumentalbau

• “monumental” in Duden online
• “monumental” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /monymẽːtɒːl/

monumental (plural monumentai)

1. monumental

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

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

1. monumental

• monument

• “monumental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Late Latin monumentālis, via French monumental.

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

1. monumental

• monument

• “monumental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

monumental m or f (plural monumentais)

1. monumental

   Synonym: monumentoso

• monumento

• “monumental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• монументал (monumental) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Borrowed from Latin monumentalis or French monumental or Italian monumentale. By surface analysis, monument +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /mo.nu.menˈtal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

monumental m or n (feminine singular monumentală, masculine plural monumentali, feminine and neuter plural monumentale)

1. monumental

• “monumental”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from Late Latin monumentālis, from Latin monumentum; equivalent to monumento +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /monumenˈtal/ [mo.nu.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mo‧nu‧men‧tal

monumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural monumentales)

1. monumental

• “monumental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024