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Translate obelisk from English to French

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obelisk:
- obilisque; aiguille; pointe de lecture
Wiktionary:
- obelisk → obélisque
- obelisk → obelisque

English

Detailed Translations for obelisk from English to French

obelisk:

obelisk [the ~] nom

the obelisk (memorial pillar; commerotative column; sepulchral obelisk)
l'obilisque; l'aiguille; la pointe de lecture
- obilisque [le ~] nom
- aiguille [la ~] nom
- pointe de lecture [la ~] nom

Translation Matrix for obelisk:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
aiguille	commerotative column; memorial pillar; obelisk; sepulchral obelisk	diamond needle; hand; needle; pointer; switch; track
obilisque	commerotative column; memorial pillar; obelisk; sepulchral obelisk
pointe de lecture	commerotative column; memorial pillar; obelisk; sepulchral obelisk
-	dagger

Related Words for "obelisk":

obelisks

Synonyms for "obelisk":

column; pillar
dagger; character; grapheme; graphic symbol

Related Definitions for "obelisk":

a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top¹
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote¹

Wiktionary Translations for obelisk:

obelisk

noun

A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point
- obelisk → obélisque

obelisk

noun

antiquité|fr terme|égyptienne monument quadrangulaire en forme d’aiguille, élever sur un piédestal et ordinairement monolithe.
- obélisque → obelisk

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• obelisk	→ obelisque	↔ Obelisk — rechteckiger Steinpfeiler mit aufgesetzter pyramidenförmiger Spitze

Related Translations for obelisk

sepulchral obelisk

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University