epitaph

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
2. A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
2. (transitive) To commemorate by an epitaph.

Concepts

épitaphe

inscription

Synonymes

inscription

epigraph

proverb

inscription on a tombstone

engraving

velediction

obituary

inscription on a tomb

Traductions

epitaffio

Epitaph

epitafio

Grabinschrift

epitáfio

Grabschrift

epitafi

grafschrift

epitafio

epivaffio

Inschrift

επιτάφιος

Epitafio

mezar kitabesi

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛp.ɪˌtɑːf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Old French epitafe, from Late Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “relating to a funeral”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis epi- + -taph.