burial
UK/ˈbɛɹi.əl//ˈbɛɹi.əl/
burial noun: the act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
Noun
burial (countable and uncountable, plural burials)
- The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
- His whole family was present at his burial.
- The mourners listened as the priest performed the burial service of long-time parishioner Wendy Stuart.
burial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
burial in Hindi
- interment
- दफ़न dafan
burial in Tamil
- interment
- அடக்கம் aṭakkam
burial in Marathi
- दफनविधी, दफन
burial in Urdu
- interment
- دفن dafan, تدفین tadfīn
More languagesFewer languages
- burial in Bengali
- দাফন daphon
- burial in Telugu
- ఖననం
- burial in Malayalam
- യാമം yāmaṁ, അടക്കം aṭakkaṁ
- burial in Kannada
- ಹೂಳಿಕೆ, ಶವಸಂಸ್ಕಾರ, ಹೂಳುವುದು
- burial in Gujarati
- દફનક્રિયા daphankriyā, અવલમંજલ avalmañjal
- burial in Sanskrit
- श्मशान śmaśāná
- burial in Nepali
- दफन, दफनविधि
- burial in Tagalog
- libing
- burial in Arabic
- دَفْن dafn, تَدْفِين tadfīn
- burial in Persian
- دفن dafn, تدفین tadfin
- burial in Thai
- งานศพ ngaan-sòp
- burial in Vietnamese
- mai táng
Examples of burial in a sentence
- Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial.
- The archaeology will tell us which methods of burial were used by the Ancient Greeks.
- Oh, it's the classic story: ancient, unearthal of burial tomb, meet-cute.
Forms of burial
| plural | burials |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | buriall |
Origin of burial
From Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from from Old English byrġels, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.
Words formed from burial
- burial at sea
- burial case
- burial chamber
- burial ground
- burial mound
- burial place
- burial plot
- burial site
- burial society
- burial stone
- green burial
- heart-burial
- mass burial
- multiburial
- natural burial
- preburial
- primary burial
- reburial
- secondary burial
- ship burial
- sky burial
- tree burial
- unburial
- wind burial
Phrases with burial
Questions about burial
- What does burial mean?
- Burial means the act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
- What is burial in Hindi?
- Burial in Hindi is दफ़न (dafan). See Burial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is burial?
- Burial is a noun.
- How do you pronounce burial?
- Burial is pronounced /ˈbɛɹi.əl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of burial?
- The plural of burial is burials.
Words near burial in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: burial (page history and authors); burial (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); burial (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); അടക്കം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); burial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અવલમંજલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); श्मशान (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); burial (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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