crematorium

See also: crématorium

English

An old photograph of a crematorium in Oslo, Norway

Etymology

From New Latin crematorium.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/
Audio (UK) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/, /kɹiːməˈtɔːɹi.əm/

Noun

crematorium (plural crematoriums or crematoria)

A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.

Related terms

cremate
cremation
crematory

Translations

place where dead bodies are cremated

Arabic: مَحْرَقَة‎ f (maḥraqa)
Armenian: դիակիզարան (hy) (diakizaran)
Azerbaijani: krematori
Belarusian: крэмато́рый m (krematóryj)
Bulgarian: кремато́риум m (krematórium)
Catalan: crematori m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 火葬場／火葬场 (zh) (huǒzàngchǎng)
Czech: krematorium (cs) n
Danish: krematorium (da) n, krematorie (da) n
Dutch: crematorium (nl) n
Esperanto: kremaciejo
Estonian: krematoorium
Finnish: krematorio (fi)
French: crématorium (fr) m
Georgian: კრემატორიუმი (ḳremaṭoriumi)
German: Krematorium (de) n
Greek: κρεματόριο (el) (krematório)
Ancient: καῦστρα f (kaûstra)
Hebrew: משרפה \\ מִשׂרָפָה‎ (he) f (misrafá)
Hungarian: krematórium
Ido: kremaceyo
Italian: crematorio (it) m
Japanese: 火葬場 (ja) (かそうば, kasōba), 焼き場 (やきば, yakiba)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 화장장(火葬場) (hwajangjang)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: ustrīna f
Latvian: krematorija f
Lithuanian: krematoriumas m
Lü: ᦷᦣᧂᦕᧁᦕᦲ (hongṗhawṗhii)
Macedonian: крематориум m (krematorium)
Maori: whare whakapungarehu, whare tahu tūpāpaku
Norwegian:
Bokmål: krematorium n
Nynorsk: krematorium n
Occitan: crematòri m
Persian: مرده‌سوزخانه‎
Polish: krematorium (pl) n
Portuguese: crematório m
Romanian: crematoriu (ro)
Russian: кремато́рий (ru) m (krematórij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: крематоријум m, крема̀то̄рӣј m
Roman: krematorijum m, kremàtōrīj (sh) m
Slovak: krematórium n
Slovene: krematorij m
Spanish: crematorio m
Swedish: krematorium (sv) n
Thai: ที่เผาศพ (têe păo sòp), ฌาปนสถาน (th) (chaa-bpà-ná-sà-tǎan), สุสาน (th) (sù-sǎan)
Tibetan: པུར་ཁང (pur khang)
Turkish: yakmalık (tr), krematoryum (tr)
Ukrainian: кремато́рій (uk) m (krematórij)
Vietnamese: lò thiêu, lò thiêu xác, nơi hoả táng
Volapük: filasepülöp

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkreː.maːˈtoː.ri.ʏm/
Hyphenation: cre‧ma‧to‧ri‧um
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -oːriʏm

Noun

crematorium n (plural crematoria or crematoriums, diminutive crematoriumpje n)

A crematorium, a crematory.
- 1876 November 23, "Crematie", Java-bode, Vol. 25, No. 277, page 3.
  De afgevaardigden naar Dresden, dr. Egeling en dr. Hoogewerff, brachten verslag uit van het aldaar gehouden kongres; daarbij werden overgelegd eenige exemplaren van de stenographische verhandelingen van het 'kongres, photographieën van teekeningen en plannen voor een groot crematorium van de ingenieur Pieper en den architekt Lilienthal, en van den Siemenschen oven, en Beilagen v. d. Augsburgschen Allgem. Zeitung waarin de redevoeringen van prof. Kinkel is^[sic] opgenomen.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

→ Indonesian: krèmatorium