🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

monumento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mo.nuˈmẽ.tu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Monument/ˈmɒn.jʊ.mənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O Cristo Redentor é um famoso monumento no Rio de Janeiro."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a famous or notable person or event.

    "The grand marble monument was built in the center of the city to honor the fallen soldiers."
  2. 2

    A historic building or site that is considered of significant architectural or historical importance and is preserved for the public.

    "Ancient stone circles and medieval castles are protected as national monuments."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'monumentum', meaning 'reminder', 'memorial', or 'statue', stemming from 'monere', which means 'to remind', 'to advise', or 'to warn'. Entering the English language during the Middle English period via Old French, it initially denoted any structure or writing that preserves the memory of a person or event, later broadening to encompass architectural structures of historical or aesthetic significance.

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