Obelisk

//ˈɔbəlɪsk//

Synonyms for "obelisk" (92 found)

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Noun(1 words)

antenna tower arch barbican barrow belfry bell tower boundary stone brass bust cairn campanile cenotaph colossus column cromlech cross cup cupola

Strong matches (27)

cyclolith dagger derrick dolmen dome fire tower footstone grave gravestone headstone hoarstone inscription lantern lighthouse mark marker martello martello tower mast mausoleum

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megalith memento memorial memorial arch memorial column memorial statue

Noun(1 words)

dagger

Related words (46)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

7 entries

character column graph grapheme graphic symbol needle pillar

Synonyms

1 entries

dagger

Related terms

2 entries

menhir pillar

derived

6 entries

obeliscal obeliscoid obeliskine obelisklike obeliskoid oblin

has context

1 entries

printing

is a

10 entries

4 sided pillar column dagger egyptian architectural style monument pointed pillar spiky thing tall four sided tower tower upright pillar

meronym

1 entries

pyramidion

related to

14 entries

dagger mark menhir monolith monument pillar point pyramidal reference rome square stone tall tapered

Translations

62 translations across 51 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Arabic

1 entries

مِسَلَّة noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Armenian

1 entries

կոթող noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Belarusian

1 entries

абелі́ск noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Bulgarian

1 entries

обели́ск noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Burmese

1 entries

ကျောက်စာတိုင် noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Catalan

1 entries

obelisc noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

方尖碑 noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Czech

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Danish

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Dutch

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Egyptian

1 entries

t*x:n-O25 noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Esperanto

1 entries

obelisko noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Estonian

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Finnish

1 entries

obeliski noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

French

2 entries

obèle noun (dagger symbol — see also dagger)
obélisque noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Galician

1 entries

obelisco noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Georgian

1 entries

ობელისკი noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

German

2 entries

Kreuz noun (dagger symbol — see also dagger)
Obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Greek

2 entries

οβελίσκος noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
οβελίσκος noun (dagger symbol — see also dagger)

Hebrew

1 entries

אוֹבֶּלִיסְק noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Hindi

1 entries

शिलास्तंभ noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Hungarian

1 entries

obeliszk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Irish

2 entries

miodóg noun (dagger symbol — see also dagger)
oibilisc noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Italian

1 entries

obelisco noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Japanese

2 entries

オベリスク noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
方尖柱 noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Kazakh

1 entries

обелиск noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Korean

2 entries

방첨탑 noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
오벨리스크 noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

обелиск noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Latin

2 entries

obeliscus noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
obeliscus noun (dagger symbol — see also dagger)

Latvian

1 entries

obelisks noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Lithuanian

1 entries

obeliskas noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Macedonian

1 entries

обелиск noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Persian

1 entries

ابلیسک noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Polish

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Portuguese

1 entries

obelisco noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Romanian

1 entries

obelisc noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Russian

1 entries

обели́ск noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

obèlisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
обѐлиск noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Slovak

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Slovene

1 entries

obelísk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Spanish

1 entries

obelisco noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Swedish

2 entries

kors noun (dagger symbol — see also dagger)
obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Tagalog

1 entries

obelisko noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Tajik

1 entries

обелиск noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Turkish

3 entries

dikili taş noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
dikilitaş noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)
obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Ukrainian

1 entries

обелі́ск noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Uzbek

1 entries

obelisk noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tượng đài noun (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Lateran Obelisk is the largest standing Egyptian obelisk in the world.

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What is an obelisk?

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The obelisk at the front commemorates those who died with no known graves.

Source: tatoeba (11121326)

That's a beautiful obelisk!

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