wikipedia|Menhir
English
Etymology
From Breton maen-hir (from maen �stone� + hir �tall�), cognate with Welsh maen hir and Cornish mênhere.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'m�nhɪ�/, SAMPA|/"mEn.hI@/
Noun
en-noun
- A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times.
#:*1963, no 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 � Thomas Pynchon, V.
#:*1980, On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high. � Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers
Translation
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Dutch
Noun
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- A menhir.
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