monument
French, noun/mɔ.ny.mɑ̃/
monument is spelled M-O-N-U-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,746th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monument is a French masculine noun meaning “monument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrage d’architecture et de sculpture fait pour transmettre à la postérité la mémoire de quelque personne…”.
What does monument mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemonument
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrage d’architecture et de sculpture fait pour transmettre à la postérité la mémoire de quelque personne illustre ou de quelque événement important. 2. Tout ce qui consacre un souvenir ; mémorial. 3. Édifice public ou particulier qui impose par sa grandeur ou par son ancienneté. → voir monument historique. 4. Restes archéologiques.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of monument
- monuments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monument?
- /mɔ.ny.mɑ̃/
- \mɔ.ny.mɑ̃\
- [mɔ.ny.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to monument
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is monument in French?
monument appears 15 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).