cremate

Meaning

1. (transitive) To burn something to ashes.
2. (transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

Synonyms

incinerate

burn up

burn a corpse

burn

burn to ashes

kiln

sear

tingle

light the funeral pyre

incremate

burn down

calcine

char

cremation

Translations

cremare

incinérer

einäschern

incinerar

cremeren

kremieren

crémer

cremar

verassen

verbranden

incinerar

cremar

incinerare

verbrennen

καίω νεκρόν

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹimeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).