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nounmemorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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megalithic structure
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekλίθος“stone”
- Englishmegalith
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”)
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Afrikaans megaliet
- megalietlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Arabic جندل
- جندلlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Basque megalito
- megalitoprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Bengali মেগালিথ
- মেগালিথ (megalith)large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Bulgarian мегалит
- мегалит (megalit)large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Catalan megàlit
- megàlitprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Chinese Mandarin 巨石
- 巨石 (jùshí)large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Czech megalit
- megalitprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Danish megalit, megalit
- megalitlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- megalitprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Dutch megaliet, megaliet
- megalietlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- megalietprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Esperanto megalito, megalito
- megalitolarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- megalitoprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Estonian megaliit, megaliit
- megaliitlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- megaliitprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Finnish megaliitti, kivipaasi
- megaliittilarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- kivipaasilarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- megaliittiprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
- megaliittilarge stone or block of stone used in the construction of a modern structure
French mégalithe, mégalithe
- mégalithelarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- mégalitheprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
German Megalith, Megalith
- Megalithlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- Megalithprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
- Megalithbauprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
- Megalithbauwerkprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Hebrew מגלית
- מגליתlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Hindi महापाषाण
- महापाषाण (mahāpāṣāṇ)large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Indonesian megalit
- megalitlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Irish meigilit
- meigilitprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Italian megalite, megalito
- megalitelarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- megalitolarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Japanese 巨石, 巨石記念物
- 巨石 (kyoseki)large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- 巨石記念物 (kyosekikinenbutsu)prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Korean 거석기념물
- 거석기념물 (geoseokginyeommul)prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Lithuanian megalitas
- megalitasprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Malay megalit
- megalitlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Norwegian Bokmål megalitt
- megalittprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Portuguese megálito, megálito
- megálitolarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- megálitoprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Romanian megalit
- megalitlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Russian мегали́т
- мегали́т (megalít)prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Scottish Gaelic tursa, tursa
- tursalarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- tursaprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Slovak megalit
- megalitprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Spanish megalito, megalito
- megalitolarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- megalitoprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Swedish megalit
- megalitlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Turkish megalit
- megalitlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
Ukrainian мегалі́т, мегалі́т
- мегалі́т (mehalít)large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- мегалі́т (mehalít)prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Vietnamese cự thạch, cự thạch
- cự thạchlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
- cự thạchprehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones
Welsh megalith
- megalithlarge stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument
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megalith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalith
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“megalith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalith. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megalith,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megalith.
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