Menhir

//ˈmɛnhɪə//

Synonyms for "menhir" (55 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Noun(1 words)

arch barrow bench mark brass bust cairn cenotaph column cross cup

Strong matches (17)

dolmen footstone grave gravestone headstone inscription landmark lighthouse mark marker mausoleum memento memorial milepost milestone monolith monument

Related words (27)

mound necrology obelisk obituary pharos pillar plaque platform prize pyramid reliquary remembrance ribbon shaft shrine stela stone stupa tablet testimonial

Show 6 more words

tomb tombstone tope tower trophy watchtower

Noun(1 words)

orthostat

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries

megalith megalithic structure monolith

More specific

1 entries

holestone

Related terms

2 entries

stela stele

is a

1 entries

megalith

related to

3 entries

monument prehistoric stone

Translations

74 translations across 60 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Arabic

1 entries

شاهد قائم noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Aragonese

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Armenian

1 entries

մենհիր noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Asturian

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Basque

2 entries

iruinharri noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Belarusian

1 entries

менгір noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Breton

1 entries

peulvan noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Bulgarian

1 entries

менхир noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Catalan

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

立石 noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Czech

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Danish

1 entries

bautasten noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Dutch

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Esperanto

1 entries

menhiro noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Estonian

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Faroese

1 entries

beytasteinur noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Finnish

2 entries

megaliitti noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

French

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Galician

3 entries

lapa noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
pedrafita noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Georgian

1 entries

მენჰირი noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

German

4 entries

Druidenstein noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
Hinkelstein noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
Hünenstein noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
Menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Greek

1 entries

μενίρ noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Hebrew

1 entries

מנהיר noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Hungarian

2 entries

kőszál noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
menhír noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Ido

1 entries

menhiro noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Indonesian

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Irish

1 entries

gallán noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Italian

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Japanese

1 entries

メンヒル noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Kazakh

2 entries

менгир noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
қадатас noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Korean

1 entries

선돌 noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Lithuanian

1 entries

menhyras noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Macedonian

1 entries

менхир noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Malay

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Malayalam

1 entries

മെൻഹിർ noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Marathi

1 entries

वीरगळ noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

bautastein noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Occitan

1 entries

menir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Persian

1 entries

سنگافراشت noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Polish

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Portuguese

1 entries

menir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Quechua

1 entries

sayakuq rumi noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Romanian

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Russian

1 entries

менги́р noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

tursa noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

mènhīr noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
мѐнхӣр noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Slovak

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Slovene

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Spanish

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Swedish

2 entries

bautasten noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
rest sten noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Tagalog

1 entries

nakatayong bato noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Tamil

1 entries

குத்துக்கல் noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Tatar

3 entries

менгир noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
озынташ noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)
тораташ noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Turkish

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Ukrainian

1 entries

менгі́р noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Uzbek

1 entries

mengir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Walloon

1 entries

menir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Welsh

1 entries

maen hir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

West-Frisian

1 entries

menhir noun (single tall standing stone as a monument)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Near-synonym: orthostat

Source: wiktionary

[N]o time has passed since we lived in caves, grappled with fish at the reedy shore, buried our dead with a song, with red-ochre and pulled up our dolmens, temples and menhirs and standing stones to the glory of some indeterminate god or gods, […]

Source: wiktionary

On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high.

Source: wiktionary

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