cemetery

cem·e·ter·y  (sm-tr)

n. pl. cem·e·ter·ies

A place for burying the dead; a graveyard.

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[Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitrium, from Late Latin coemtrium, from Greek koimtrion, from koimn, to put to sleep; see kei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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cemetery

Noun

pl -teries a place where dead people are buried: a military cemetery [Greek koimētērion room for sleeping]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cemetery - a tract of land used for burials     burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis potter's field - a cemetery for unknown or indigent people land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

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cemetery

noun graveyard, churchyard, burial ground, necropolis, God's acre

Translations

cemetery [ˈsɛmɪtrɪ] n → cementerio

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cemetery [ˈsɛmɪtrɪ] n → cimetière m

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cemetery [ˈsɛmɪtrɪ] n → Friedhof m

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cemetery [ˈsɛmɪtrɪ] n → cimitero

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cemetery

n cemetery [ˈsemətri, (American ) -teri]

a piece of ground, usually not round a church, where people are buried. begraafplaas مَقْبَرَه гробища hřbitov kirkegård; begravelsesplads der Friedhof νεκροταφείο cementerio kalmistu گورستان hautausmaa cimetière בֵּית קְבָרוֹת कब्रिस्तान groblje temető kuburan kirkjugarður, grafreitur cimitero 共同墓地 묘지, 매장지 kapinės kapsēta tanah perkuburan begraafplaats gravplass/-lund, kirkegård cmentarz cemitério cimitir кладбище cintorín pokopališče groblje begravningsplats สุสาน mezarlık, kabristan 公墓 кладовище, цвинтар قبرستان nghĩa trang 公墓