A superior class of members...had their names inscribed upon a marble stélé or column.
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Stele
//ˈstiːli//
Synonyms for "stele" (2 found)
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1 entriesderived
9 entriesetymologically related_to
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3 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
Translations
81 translations across 65 languages.
Akkadian
1 entries- narûm noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Arabic
1 entries- لَوْحَة تِذْكَارِيَّة noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Armenian
1 entries- ստելա noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Basque
1 entries- estela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Belarusian
1 entries- стэла noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Breton
1 entries- maen-koun noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Bulgarian
1 entries- стела noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Burmese
1 entries- ကျောက်စာ noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Catalan
1 entries- estela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Chinese
2 entries- 石碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- 碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 石碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- 碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 石碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- 碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Czech
1 entries- stéla noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Danish
1 entries- stele noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Dutch
1 entries- stele noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Egyptian
1 entries- aHa-Z1:O39 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Esperanto
1 entries- steleo noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Estonian
1 entries- steel noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Finnish
2 entries- steele noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- varsi noun (botany: central core of the root and shoot system)
French
1 entries- stèle noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Georgian
1 entries- სტელა noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
German
1 entries- Stele noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Greek
1 entries- στήλη noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 石碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- 碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Hebrew
2 entries- אַסְטֶלָה noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- מַצֵּבָה noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Hungarian
1 entries- sztélé noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Ido
1 entries- steleo noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Indonesian
1 entries- prasasti noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Irish
1 entries- liagán greanta noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Italian
1 entries- stele noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Japanese
2 entries- 石碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- 碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Javanese
1 entries- prasasti noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Korean
1 entries- 석비 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Latin
1 entries- stela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Latvian
1 entries- stēla noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Lithuanian
1 entries- stela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- stela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Macedonian
1 entries- стела noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Malay
2 entries- batu bersurat noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- prasasti noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Malayalam
1 entries- ശിലാഫലകം noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Minangkabau
2 entries- batu basurek noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- prasasti noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 碑 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- stele noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- stele noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Persian
1 entries- سنگ یادبود noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Polish
2 entries- stela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- stela noun (botany: central core of the root and shoot system)
Portuguese
2 entries- estela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- estela noun (botany: central core of the root and shoot system)
Romanian
3 entries- cilindru central noun (botany: central core of the root and shoot system)
- stel noun (botany: central core of the root and shoot system)
- stelă noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Russian
2 entries- сте́ла noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- стель noun (botany: central core of the root and shoot system)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- stȅla noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- сте̏ла noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Slovak
1 entries- stéla noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Slovene
1 entries- stela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Spanish
1 entries- estela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Sundanese
1 entries- prasasti noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Swedish
1 entries- stele noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Tamil
1 entries- சிற்பத்தூண் noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Telugu
1 entries- స్టీలే noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Thai
1 entries- ศิลาจารึก noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Turkish
2 entries- stel noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
- stela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎒𐎋𐎐 noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сте́ла noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- stela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bia noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- estela noun (archaeology: tall, slender stone monument)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It appears, that when any one of the family died, a stelè to his memory was added to the tomb.
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In Egypt [obelisks] belonged to the class of steles (commemorative pillars).
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The Australian stele, or grave-pillar.
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