English Online Dictionary. What means cemetery? What does cemetery mean?
English
Alternative forms
- cœmeterium (history)
- cœmetery (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Old English līctūn.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/, /ˈsɛm.əˌtɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/, /ˈsɛm.əˌtɛɹ.i/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsem.ɘˌtʃɹi/, /ˈsem.ɘˌtiəɹ.i/
- (African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): [ˈsɪm.əˌtɛ.ɪ]
Noun
cemetery (plural cemeteries)
- A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cemetery
Derived terms
Descendants
- Jamaican Creole: simitri