megalith

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡəlɪθ/
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• General-American: /ˈmɛɡəˌlɪθ/
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PIE word *méǵh2s From mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + -lith (suffix meaning ‘stone’), a back-formation from megalithic probably modelled after monolith. from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”)

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: megaliet — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Arabic: جندل — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Bengali: মেগালিথ (megalith) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Bulgarian: мегалит (megalit) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Chinese Mandarin: 巨石 (jùshí) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Danish: megalit — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Dutch: megaliet — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Esperanto: megalito — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Estonian: megaliit — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Finnish: megaliitti — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Finnish: kivipaasi — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• French: mégalithe — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Galician: anta — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Galician: arca — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Galician: forno — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Galician: mégalito — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Georgian: მეგალითი (megaliti) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• German: Megalith — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Hebrew: מגלית — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Hindi: महापाषाण (mahāpāṣāṇ) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Ido: megalito — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Indonesian: megalit — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Interlingua: megalitho — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Italian: megalite — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Italian: megalito — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Japanese: 巨石 (kyoseki) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Macedonian: мегалит (megalit) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Malay: megalit — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Marathi: महापाषाण (mahāpāṣāṇ) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Portuguese: megálito — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Romanian: megalit — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Scottish Gaelic: tursa — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Sinhalese: මහාශිලා (mahāśilā) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Slovene: megalit — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Spanish: megalito — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Sundanese: mégalit — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Swedish: megalit — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Turkish: megalit — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Ukrainian: мегалі́т (mehalít) — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Vietnamese: cự thạch — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Welsh: megalith — large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
• Aragonese: megalito — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Azerbaijani: meqalit — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Basque: megalito — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Catalan: megàlit — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Czech: megalit — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Danish: megalit — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Dutch: megaliet — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Esperanto: megalito — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Estonian: megaliit — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Finnish: megaliitti — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• French: mégalithe — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• West-Frisian: megalyt — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Galician: megálito — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Galician: anta — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• German: Megalith — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• German: Megalithbau — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• German: Megalithbauwerk — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Irish: meigilit — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Japanese: 巨石記念物 (kyosekikinenbutsu) — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Korean: 거석기념물 (geoseokginyeommul) — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Lithuanian: megalitas — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Norwegian Bokmål: megalitt — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Norwegian Nynorsk: megalitt — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Occitan: megalit — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Portuguese: megálito — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Russian: мегали́т (megalít) — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Scottish Gaelic: tursa — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Slovak: megalit — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Spanish: megalito — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Ukrainian: мегалі́т (mehalít) — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Vietnamese: cự thạch — prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
• Finnish: megaliitti — large stone or block of stone used in the construction of a modern structure