Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine) cemetery; graveyard (place where bodies are buried)
- (figuratively, masculine) a place without people
Concepts
God’s acre
burial site
burying ground
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “to put to sleep”).
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