Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat 5

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • ÄäntäminenGA:
    • IPA: /ˈmɛnˌ(h)ɪ(ə)ɹ/
  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈmɛnhɪə/
KieliKäännökset
espanjamenhir
hollantimenhir
kreikkaμενίρ (menír)
portugalimenir
puolamenhir
ranskamenhir
saksaMenhir, Hinkelstein
unkarimenhír, kőszál
venäjäменги́р (mengír)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. (archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.

Esimerkit

  • 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 [...].
  • On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkomenhirs

(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.

Large menhir located between Millstreet and Ballinagree, County Cork, Ireland

(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.

The Caramujeira Menhir, currently preserved at the Silves Municipal Archeology Museum, in Portugal

(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.

Cwm Rhaeadr Fawr maen hir (menhir) near Aber Falls, Gwynedd, Wales