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monumentalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mon-u-men-tal-ize
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make something become or appear monumental

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English monumental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English monumentalize From monumental + -ize.

Inflected Forms

monumentalizes (present, singular) monumentalizing (participle, present) monumentalized (participle, past) monumentalized (past) monumentalise (alternative)

Derived Forms

monumentalization

Synonyms

monumentalise

Questions

What does monumentalize mean?
To make something become or appear monumental
Where does monumentalize come from?
Etymology tree English monumental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English monumentalize From monumental + -ize.

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