mausoleum
UK/ˌmɔː.zəˈliː.əm//ˌmɔ.səˈli.əm/
mausoleum noun: a large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
Noun
mausoleum (plural mausoleums or mausolea)
- A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
- Holonym: cemetery
- His embalmed corpse, exhibited to this day in the mausoleum in Moscow, aptly symbolizes the new order which, he promised, was soon to embrace all mankind.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
- A gloomy, usually large room or building.
- As Amazon reaches maximum ubiquity in our lives (“Alexa, play Led Zeppelin”), as online shopping turns malls into mausoleums, it’s been illuminating to see exactly how a package makes the final leg of its journey.2018 December 25, Austin Murphy, “I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon.”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2019
Proper noun capitalized: Mausoleum
the Mausoleum
- The grand tomb built around 353–351 BCE at Halicarnassus for Mausolus, a ruler of Caria and satrap of the Achaemenid Empire; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- Phileus, an eminent Ionian architect, built the Mausoleum, in conjunction with Satyrus, and the temple of Athena Polias, at Priene. The date of the erection of the Mausoleum was soon after B.C. 353, the year in which Mausolus died; that of the temple at Priene must have been about 20 years later.1872, William Smith, “Phileus”, in A Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography, London, page 559
- Because of its status as a wonder of the world, the Mausoleum was admired by Vitruvius and Strabo and described with measurements by the elder Pliny.2007, Edmund Thomas, Monumentality and the Roman Empire: Architecture in the Antonine Age, page 180
mausoleum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
mausoleum in Hindi
- large tomb
- मज़ार mazār, मक़बरा maqbarā, समाधि samādhi
mausoleum in Tamil
- உயர்வேலைச்சமாதி, மோசோலியம்
mausoleum in Urdu
- large tomb
- مزار mazār, مقبرہ maqbara
mausoleum in Bengali
- large tomb
- মাজার majar, মকবরা mokbora, সমাধি śomadhi
More languagesFewer languages
- mausoleum in Malayalam
- ശവകുടീരം, സ്മാരകമണ്ഡപം, ചൈത്യം
- mausoleum in Kannada
- ಭವ್ಯ ಸಮಾಧಿ, ವೈಭವದ ಸಮಾಧಿ ಭವನ, ಭವ್ಯಸ್ತೂಪ, ಸಮಾಧಿ ಸೌಧ
- mausoleum in Punjabi
- ਮਕਬਰਾ makbarā
- mausoleum in Pashto
- آرامګاه ārāmgãh
- mausoleum in Arabic
- ضَرِيح ḍarīḥ, مَرْقَد marqad
- mausoleum in Malay
- makam
- mausoleum in Indonesian
- mausoleum
- mausoleum in Persian
- آرامگاه ârâmgâh, مقبره maqbare
- mausoleum in Thai
- ฮวงซุ้ย huuang-súi, สุสาน sù-sǎan, เมาโซเลี่ยม
- mausoleum in Vietnamese
- lăng mộ, lăng tẩm, lăng, tẩm
Examples of mausoleum in a sentence
- John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum.
- And what after all was this philopolemic building but a mausoleum in need of a body?
- But over time, my second brain became a mausoleum.
Forms of mausoleum
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mausoleums |
| plural | mausolea |
| alternative form (obsolete) | mausolæum |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Mausoleon |
| alternative form | Mausoleion |
Origin of mausoleum
From Middle English mausoleum, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon, “Mausoleum, the grand tomb built around 353–351 BCE at Halicarnassus for Mausolus, a ruler of Caria and satrap of the Achaemenid Empire; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”), from Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos, “Mausolus”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”). By surface analysis, Mausolus + -eum.
Borrowed from Latin Mausōlēum, from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon), from Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos, “Mausolus”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”). By surface analysis, Mausolus + -eum.
Words formed from mausoleum
Questions about mausoleum
- What does mausoleum mean?
- Mausoleum means a large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
- What is mausoleum in Hindi?
- Mausoleum in Hindi is मज़ार (mazār), मक़बरा (maqbarā), समाधि (samādhi). See Mausoleum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mausoleum?
- Mausoleum can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mausoleum?
- Mausoleum is pronounced /ˌmɔː.zəˈliː.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mausoleum?
- The plural of mausoleum is mausoleums.
Words near mausoleum in the dictionary
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