menhir

From French, from Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) + hir (“tall”) (compare Welsh maen hir, Cornish mênhere).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnhɪə(ɹ)/

menhir (plural menhirs)

1. A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times.
   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:

     no 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 [...].

   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:

     On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high.

From French menhir.

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menhir m (plural menhirs, diminutive menhirtje n)

1. menhir

From Breton maen-hir, from maen (“stone”) + hir (“tall”).

• IPA^(key): /me.niʁ/

menhir m (plural menhirs)

1. menhir

• “menhir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From French.

menhir n (plural menhire)

1. menhir

From French menhir.

• IPA^(key): /meˈniɾ/

menhir m (plural menhires)

1. menhir