"menhir" meaning in French

See menhir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /me.niʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-menhir.wav Forms: menhirs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) + hir (“tall”) (compare Welsh maen hir, Cornish mênhere). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|br|maen-hir|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Breton maen-hir, {{bor+|fr|br|maen-hir}} Borrowed from Breton maen-hir, {{af|br|maen|hir|nocat=1|t1=stone|t2=tall}} maen (“stone”) + hir (“tall”), {{cog|cy|maen hir}} Welsh maen hir, {{cog|kw|mênhere}} Cornish mênhere Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} menhir m (plural menhirs)
  1. (archaeology) menhir Wikipedia link: fr:menhir Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-menhir-fr-noun-JqGB2ZZ- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for menhir meaning in French (2.2kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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