English Explanatory Dictionary

cemetery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/ /ˈsɛm.əˌtɹi/ /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/ /ˈsɛm.əˌtɛɹ.i/ En-us-cemetery.ogg /ˈsem.ɘˌtʃɹi/ /ˈsem.ɘˌtiəɹ.i/ [ˈsɪm.əˌtɛ.ɪ] [ˈsimətri]

Word forms

cemetery cemeteries cœmeterium cœmetery cemetary cementery

Etymology

From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).

Synonyms

boneyard Boot Hill burial ground camposanto cemetery churchyard crypt God's acre gravestead graveyard kirkyard lichyard marble orchard memorial park urupa

Related words

catacomb charnel house churchyard columbarium crypt graveyard mausoleum morgue mortuary necropolis ossuary reliquary sepulchre tombstone tumulus barrow cairn cenotaph charnel croft deadhouse death corpse interment

Derived words

car cemetery cemeterial cemeterian cemeteryful cemetery gun cemeterylike cemetery vote cemetery voting pet cemetery union cemetery war cemetery
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