cemetery
UK/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi//ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/
cemetery noun: a place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
Noun
cemetery (plural cemeteries)
- A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
- The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees...1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
- They were probably the work of individual craftsmen working to meet the chieftains' needs. Their place in the chronology of the big cemeteries is indicated by the less richly-decorated double-springed bronze brooches which are found here.1970, Kazimierz Godłowski, “The chronology of the Late Roman and early migration periods in Central Europe”, in Acta scientiarum litterarumque: Schedae archeologicae, Nakładem Uniwersytetu...
- Synonyms:
- boneyard, Boot Hill, burial ground, camposanto, churchyard, crypt, God's acre, gravestead, graveyard, kirkyard
cemetery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cemetery in Hindi
- cemetery
- क़ब्रिस्तान qabristān, गोरिस्तान goristān
cemetery in Tamil
- இடுகாடு, கல்லறை, கல்லறைத் தோட்டம், மயானம்
cemetery in Marathi
- स्मशानभूमी, दफनभूमी
cemetery in Urdu
- cemetery
- قبرستان qabristān, گورستان goristān, شمشان śamśān
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- cemetery in Bengali
- কবরস্থান, কারবালা, কবরখানা
- cemetery in Telugu
- శ్మశానము śmaśānamu, రుద్రభూమి rudrabhūmi, శ్మశానవాటిక śmaśānavāṭika, వల్లకాడు vallakāḍu
- cemetery in Malayalam
- സെമിത്തേരി semittēri, ശ്മശാനം śmaśānaṁ, പരേതഭൂമി parētabhūmi
- cemetery in Kannada
- ಸುಡುಗಾಡು, ಸಮಾಧಿಸ್ಥಳ, ಹೆಣ ಹೂಳುವ ಸ್ಥಳ, ಸ್ಮಶಾನ
- cemetery in Gujarati
- કબરસ્તાન kabrastān, મસાણ masāṇ, અવલમંજલ avalmañjal
- cemetery in Odia
- କବରସ୍ଥାନ
- cemetery in Sanskrit
- श्मशान śmaśāná, शवशयन śavaśayana
- cemetery in Nepali
- चिहान cihān
Examples of cemetery in a sentence
- After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.
- They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery.
- The pyramids at Giza are flanked by large cemeteries containing hundreds of mastabas.
Synonyms of cemetery
- boneyard
- Boot Hill
- burial ground
- camposanto
- churchyard
- crypt
- God's acre
- gravestead
- graveyard
- kirkyard
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Forms of cemetery
| plural | cemeteries |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cœmeterium |
| alternative form | cœmetery |
| alternative form | cemetary |
| alternative form | cementery |
Origin of cemetery
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”).
Words formed from cemetery
Phrases with cemetery
Questions about cemetery
- What does cemetery mean?
- Cemetery means a place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
- What is cemetery in Hindi?
- Cemetery in Hindi is क़ब्रिस्तान (qabristān), गोरिस्तान (goristān). See Cemetery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cemetery?
- Cemetery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cemetery?
- Cemetery is pronounced /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cemetery?
- The plural of cemetery is cemeteries.
Words near cemetery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cemetery (page history and authors); क़ब्रिस्तान (Hindi) (page history and authors); cemetery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cemetery (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); شمشان (Urdu) (page history and authors); cemetery (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పితృవనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); പരേതഭൂമി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); cemetery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અવલમંજલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); cemetery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); शवशयन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); चिहान (Nepali) (page history and authors). 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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