Meanings
plural interments
- countableuncountableThe act of burying a dead body; burial.
She was to be given a state funeral, followed by interment at Arlington National Cemetery.
2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 7842 more examples
In a chamber tomb at Milatos, Mr. Evans discovered in 1899 a painted larnax or sarcophagus, on which there is figured a great Mycenæan body shield, although not of the usual figure-of-eight shape. A false neck vase, however, that belongs almost certainly to the same interment is, in shape and design, similar to one found at Muliana in company with two late bronze broadswords, and bronze brooches like those found at Thunder Hill.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 101The jaw indicates the beginning of a long tradition of the interment of dogs with people, which reveals a deep attachment between some people and canids.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 189Synonyms: burial, deposition obs., inhumation, deep six idiom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of burying a dead body; burial.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
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Origin
- Old Frenchenterrement
- Middle Englishenterement
- Englishinterment
From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement. By surface analysis, inter + -ment.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دَفْن
- دَفْن (dafn)The act of burying a dead body; burial
Bulgarian погребение
- погребение (pogrebenie)The act of burying a dead body; burial
Catalan enterrament
- enterramentThe act of burying a dead body; burial
Dutch begrafenis, teraardebestelling
- begrafenisThe act of burying a dead body; burial
- teraardebestellingThe act of burying a dead body; burial
Finnish hautaus
- hautausThe act of burying a dead body; burial
German Beerdigung
- BeerdigungThe act of burying a dead body; burial
Greek ενταφιασμός
- ενταφιασμός (entafiasmós)The act of burying a dead body; burial
Latin sepultūra
- sepultūraThe act of burying a dead body; burial
Māori nehunga, tāpukenga
- nehungaThe act of burying a dead body; burial
- tāpukengaThe act of burying a dead body; burial
- tanumangaThe act of burying a dead body; burial
Persian دفن, خاکسپاری
- دفن (dafn)The act of burying a dead body; burial
- خاکسپاری (xāksipāri)The act of burying a dead body; burial
Polish pochówek
- pochówekThe act of burying a dead body; burial
Portuguese enterro
- enterroThe act of burying a dead body; burial
Romanian înhumare, înmormântare
- înhumareThe act of burying a dead body; burial
- înmormântareThe act of burying a dead body; burial
Russian погребе́ние
- погребе́ние (pogrebénije)The act of burying a dead body; burial
Spanish entierro
- entierroThe act of burying a dead body; burial
Tamil அடக்கம்
- அடக்கம் (aṭakkam)The act of burying a dead body; burial
Ukrainian поховання
- поховання (poxovannja)The act of burying a dead body; burial
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with interment
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