entomb

English

Etymology

From Old French entomber (“deposit in a tomb”)

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -uːm

Verb

entomb (third-person singular simple present entombs, present participle entombing, simple past and past participle entombed)

(transitive) To deposit in a tomb.
(figuratively, transitive) To confine in restrictive surroundings.

Translations

to deposit in a tomb

Chinese:
Mandarin: 埋葬 (zh), 入土 (zh)
Esperanto: entombigi
Finnish: haudata (fi)
Latin: tumulō

Portuguese: sepultar (pt)
Russian: погреба́ть (ru) impf (pogrebátʹ), погрести́ (ru) pf (pogrestí); хорони́ть (ru) impf (xoronítʹ), похорони́ть (ru) pf (poxoronítʹ)
Spanish: enterrar (es)
Swedish: begrava (sv)

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