Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/mɔ̃stʁ/

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Translation

monster

Word origin

From Latin monstrum ('an omen, a portent, a marvel'), from monere ('to warn'). A monstrum was originally a divine warning sign, and the same root gives English monster, demonstrate and remonstrate.

Origin
Latin
Root
monstrum
English cognates
monster, demonstrate, remonstrance

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralmonstres

Examples

.

The children are scared of monsters under the bed.

.

That leader was a monster without any pity.

l' ' marin.

The film tells the story of a sea monster.

' .

My son is scared of a monster hidden under his bed.

'horreur .

This horror film features a monster from the bottom of the sea.

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