crematorium
/kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/US/kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/
crematorium noun: a place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
Noun
crematorium (plural crematoriums or crematoria)
crematorium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
crematorium in Hindi
- place where dead bodies are cremated
- श्मशान śmaśān, मरघट marghaṭ
crematorium in Tamil
- சுடுசாலை, சுடலையகம், பிணமெரி இடம், சுடுகாட்டகம்
crematorium in Urdu
- crematorium
- شمشان śamśān
crematorium in Bengali
- crematorium, burning-ghat
- শ্মশান śmośan
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- crematorium in Malayalam
- ചുടലക്കാട് cuṭalakkāṭŭ
- crematorium in Kannada
- ರುದ್ರಭೂಮಿ rudrabhūmi
- crematorium in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ śamśān
- crematorium in Gujarati
- મસાણ masāṇ, શ્મશાન śmaśān
- crematorium in Arabic
- مَحْرَقَة maḥraqa
- crematorium in Persian
- مردهسوزخانه
- crematorium in Thai
- ที่เผาศพ têe păo sòp, ฌาปนสถาน chaa-bpà-ná-sà-tǎan, สุสาน sù-sǎan
- crematorium in Vietnamese
- lò thiêu, lò thiêu xác, nơi hoả táng
Synonyms of crematorium
Forms of crematorium
| plural | crematoriums |
|---|---|
| plural | crematoria |
Origin of crematorium
Borrowed from New Latin cremātōrium.
Questions about crematorium
- What does crematorium mean?
- Crematorium means a place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
- What is crematorium in Hindi?
- Crematorium in Hindi is श्मशान (śmaśān), मरघट (marghaṭ). See Crematorium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is crematorium?
- Crematorium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce crematorium?
- Crematorium is pronounced /kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of crematorium?
- The plural of crematorium is crematoriums.
Words near crematorium in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crematorium (page history and authors); crematorium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); شمشان (Urdu) (page history and authors); শ্মশান (Bengali) (page history and authors); ചുടലക്കാട് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ರುದ್ರಭೂಮಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ (Punjabi) (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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