cremation

See also: crémation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

cremation (countable and uncountable, plural cremations)

A 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

Related terms

cremate
cremating
crematorium
crematory

Translations

burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse

Afrikaans: verassing, lykverbranding, kremasie
Bulgarian: изгаряне n (izgarjane), кремация f (kremacija)
Burmese: ဈာပန (my) (jhapa.na.)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 火葬 (zh) (huǒzàng)
Czech: kremace (cs) f
Danish: kremering c, ligbrænding c
Dutch: crematie (nl) f, lijkverbranding (nl) f, verassing (nl) f
Esperanto: kremacio
Finnish: polttaminen (fi); polttohautaus (fi)
French: crémation (fr) f
German: Einäscherung (de) f, Feuerbestattung (de) f, Kremation f, Kremierung (de) f, Leichenverbrennung (de) f (corpse)
Greek: αποτέφρωση (el) f (apotéfrosi)
Hebrew: משרפה \\ מִשׂרָפָה‎ (he) f (misrafá)
Hungarian: hamvasztás (hu)
Icelandic: bálför f
Irish: créamadh m
Italian: cremazione (it) f
Japanese: 火葬 (ja) (かそう, kasō)
Korean: 화장(火葬) (ko) (hwajang), 소각 (ko) (sogak)
Latin: cremātiō f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kremasjon m, kremering m or f, likbrenning m or f
Nynorsk: kremasjon m, kremering f, likbrenning f
Polish: kremacja (pl) f, ciałopalenie (pl) n
Portuguese: cremação (pt) f
Romanian: incinerare (ro) f, cremațiune (ro) f
Russian: крема́ция (ru) f (kremácija)
Slovak: kremácia f
Spanish: cremación (es) f
Swedish: likbränning (sv) c, kremering (sv) c, kremation (sv) c, eldbegängelse (sv) c
Thai: ฌาปนกิจ (th) (chaa-bpà-ná-gìt)
Turkish: kremasyon
Ukrainian: крема́ція f (kremácija)
Vietnamese: sự hoả táng (vi) (sự (vi) + 火葬)
Volapük: fefilükam, funifefilükam (corpse)
Welsh: amlosgiad m, darlosgiad m, corfflosgiad m

Anagrams

crotamine, manticore