cemetery

English

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Alternative forms

cœmeterium (history)
cœmetery (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.mə.ˌtɹi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.mə.ˌtɛ.ɹi/
(AAVE) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪ.mə.ˌtɛ.ɪ]
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

cemetery (plural cemeteries)

A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 2
  The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees; […]

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:cemetery

Translations

a place where the dead are buried — see graveyard

See also

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