monument

Other forms of monument

plural

monuments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about monument

What does monument mean?

monument means "a structure erected to commemorate persons or events". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in monument?

monument has 3 syllables: mo-nu-ment. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmɑnjumənt/.

What is another word for monument?

Close synonyms include memorial, repository. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is monument a common word?

monument is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.