See menhir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Near-synonym: orthostat"
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"ref": "1963, Thomas Pynchon, “Confessions of Fausto Maijstral”, in V.: […], Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, pages 310–311:",
"text": "[N]o 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, […]",
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"ref": "1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 39, in Earthly Powers, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, London: Penguin Books, published 1981, →ISBN, page 280:",
"text": "On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high.",
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"word": "მენჰირი"
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "شاهد قائم"
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "մենհիր"
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"word": "menhir"
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "peulvan"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "menhir",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"word": "менхир"
},
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lìshí",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "立石"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"word": "menhir"
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhiro"
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
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"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"word": "beytasteinur"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "megaliitti"
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"word": "menhir"
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"code": "gl",
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"word": "menhir"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"word": "lapa"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
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"word": "pedrafita"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "menhiri",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "მენჰირი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
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"word": "Menhir"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "Hünenstein"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "menír",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"word": "μενίρ"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "מנהיר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhír"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "kőszál"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhiro"
},
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gallán"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "menhir"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "menhiru",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "メンヒル"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "meñir",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "менгир"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qadatas",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "қадатас"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seondol",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "선돌"
},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhyras"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "menhir",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "менхир"
},
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
},
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "meṉhiṟ",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "മെൻഹിർ"
},
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"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "vīrgaḷ",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "वीरगळ"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"word": "bautastein"
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menir"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "سنگافراشت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
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"word": "menhir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "menir"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "sayakuq rumi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "menhir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mengír",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "менги́р"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "tursa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "мѐнхӣр"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
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"word": "mènhīr"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
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"word": "menhir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "bautasten"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "rest sten"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "nakatayong bato"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kuttukkal",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "குத்துக்கல்"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "mengir",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "менгир"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "ozıntaş",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "озынташ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "torataş",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "тораташ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "menhír",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "менгі́р"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "mengir"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"tags": [
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"word": "menir"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "single tall standing stone as a monument",
"word": "menhir"
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