cairn

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kɛən/
• (America) IPA: /kɛəɹn/

Noun

cairn (plural cairns)

1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
   • 1826, Thomas Campbell, Glenara, in The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, page 105 ↗:

     "Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn: / Why speak ye no word!"—said Glenara the stern.

2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
3. A cairn terrier.

Synonyms

• burial mound

Translations

• French: cairn
• Portuguese: moledro
• Russian: каирн
• Spanish: mojón, punto de referencia

Translations

• French: montjoie
• German: Steindaube, Steinmännchen, Steinpyramide, Steinhügel
• Italian: ometto
• Portuguese: moledro
• Russian: ориенти́р

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