Meanings
nouncremation (countable and uncountable, plural cremations)
plural cremations
- countableuncountableA burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death.
Synonyms: incineration
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
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Origin
- Latincremātiō, cremātiōnis
- Englishcremation
Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans verassing, lykverbranding
- verassingburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- lykverbrandingburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- kremasieburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Bulgarian изгаряне, кремация
- изгаряне (izgarjane)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- кремация (kremacija)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Chinese Mandarin 火葬
- 火葬 (huǒzàng)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Czech kremace
- kremaceburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Danish kremering, ligbrænding
- kremeringburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- ligbrændingburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Dutch crematie, lijkverbranding
- crematieburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- lijkverbrandingburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- verassingburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Esperanto kremacio
- kremacioburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Finnish polttohautaus, polttaminen
- polttohautausburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- polttaminenburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
French crémation
- crémationburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
German Einäscherung, Feuerbestattung
- Einäscherungburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- Feuerbestattungburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- Kremationburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- Kremierungburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- Leichenverbrennungburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Greek αποτέφρωση
- αποτέφρωση (apotéfrosi)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Hebrew משרפה \ מִשׂרָפָה
- משרפה \ מִשׂרָפָה (misrafá)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Hindi अग्निदाह
- अग्निदाह (agnidāh)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Hungarian hamvasztás
- hamvasztásburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Icelandic bálför
- bálförburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Indonesian kremasi
- kremasiburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Irish créamadh
- créamadhburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Italian cremazione
- cremazioneburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Japanese 火葬
- 火葬 (kasō)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Korean 화장, 소각
- 화장 (hwajang)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- 소각 (sogak)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Latin cremātiō
- cremātiōburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Norwegian Bokmål kremasjon, kremering
- kremasjonburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- kremeringburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- likbrenningburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Polish kremacja, ciałopalenie
- kremacjaburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- ciałopalenieburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Portuguese cremação
- cremaçãoburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Romanian incinerare, cremațiune
- incinerareburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- cremațiuneburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Russian крема́ция
- крема́ция (kremácija)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Slovak kremácia
- kremáciaburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Spanish cremación
- cremaciónburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Swedish likbränning, kremering
- likbränningburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- kremeringburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- kremationburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- eldbegängelseburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Thai ฌาปนกิจ
- ฌาปนกิจ (chaa-bpà-ná-gìt)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Turkish kremasyon
- kremasyonburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Ukrainian крема́ція
- крема́ція (kremácija)burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Welsh amlosgiad, darlosgiad
- amlosgiadburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- darlosgiadburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
- corfflosgiadburning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cremation
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cremation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cremation
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