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noun, masculine

obélisque

/ɔ.be.lisk/

noun, masculine/ɔ.be.lisk/plural: obélisques

obelisk (a tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Learned borrowing from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos).