interment

interment

English

Etymology

From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɝmənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɜːmənt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

interment (countable and uncountable, plural interments)

1. The act of burying a dead body; burial.
   • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, p. 784:

     She was to be given a state funeral, followed by interment at Arlington National Cemetery.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:interment

Translations

The act of burying a dead body; burial

Armenian: թաղում (hy) (tʿałum) Bulgarian: погребение (bg) n (pogrebenie) Catalan: enterrament m Dutch: begrafenis (nl) f, teraardebestelling (nl) f German: Beerdigung (de) f Greek: ενταφιασμός (el) m (entafiasmós) Latin: sepultūra f Maori: nehunga, tāpukenga, tanumanga Norman: entèrrement f Polish: pochówek (pl) m Portuguese: enterro (pt) m Romanian: înhumare (ro) f, înmormântare (ro) f Russian: погребе́ние (ru) n (pogrebénije) Spanish: entierro (es) m Ukrainian: поховання n (poxovannja) Walloon: etermint (wa) m

See also

• internment