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burial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɛɹi.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈbɝi.əl/ (US, regional)
• /ˈbɛɹi.əl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from from Old English byrġels, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
   • His whole family was present at his burial.
   • The mourners listened as the priest performed the burial service of long-time parishioner Wendy Stuart.
   • However, many Cromlechs and Dolmins are carelessly called "Druid's circles", when in reality they were the burial places of ancient chieftains and their households[.] 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 206:
   • A dreary year for the Squadron, this 1819, when officers and men fell sick by the shipload and were sent home by the tenderful, when Lemon Valley Hospital was supplemented by the one at High Peak, when Court-Martials were held at the rate of one a fortnight, burials thrice a week, and surveys on foul provisions every other day! 1912, George Leo de St. M. Watson, Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, A Polish Exile with Napoleon, page 276:

Forms

Deriveds

burial plot · green burial · burial place · primary burial · preburial · tree burial · ship burial · burial chamber · reburial · heart-burial · secondary burial · burial at sea · burial mound · burial society · unburial · multiburial · burial case · sky burial · natural burial · burial site · mass burial · burial stone · burial ground · wind burial

Translations (109)

cs pohřeb (interment) · kk жерлеу (interment) · wa etermint (interment) · mi tanumanga (interment) · sk pohrebisko (interment) · fr inhumation (interment) · hu temetés (interment) · om awwaala (interment) · vi mai táng (interment) · fr ensevelissement (interment) · pam kutkut (interment) · sh sàhrana (interment) · pt sepultamento (interment) · rup murmintari (interment) · uk похова́ння (interment) · ru захороне́ние (interment) · et matus (interment) · ta அடக்கம் (interment) · ar تَدْفِين (interment) · ar دَفْن (interment) · ro înmormântare (interment) · la illātiō (interment) · mk закоп (interment) · ota تدفین (interment) · de Begräbnis (interment) · uz dafn (interment) · pt enterro (interment) · gl enterro (interment) · es sepultura (interment) · fr sépulture (interment) · ur تدفین (interment) · srn beri (interment) · rup ngrupari (interment) · es sepultamiento (interment) · ru погребе́ние (interment) · fi hautaus (interment) · rup ngrupãciuni (interment) · ur دفن (interment) · sk pohreb (interment) · ru по́хороны (interment) · et matmine (interment) · la humātiō (interment) · ro înhumare (interment) · be пахава́нне (interment) · grc ταφή (interment) · th งานศพ (interment) · sq varrim (interment) · sl pokop (interment) · fr enterrement (interment) · sk pochovávanie (interment) · nrf entèrrement (interment) · is greftrun (interment) · sk pochovanie (interment) · cs pohřbení (interment) · be хаўту́ры (interment) · es soterramiento (interment) · enm biriel (interment) · pt inumação (interment) · az dəfn (interment) · mk погреб (interment) · es enterramiento (interment) · es inhumación (interment) · pt sepultura (interment) · it inumazione (interment) · pl pogrzeb (interment) · tg дафн (interment) · ka დაკრძალვა (interment) · ast entierru (interment) · cmn 埋葬 (interment) · sw mziko (interment) · mi nehunga (interment) · tl libing (interment) · la sepultūra (interment) · hi दफ़न (interment) · got 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷 (interment) · fa تدفین (interment) · ro îngropăciune (interment) · ko 매장 (interment) · vo sepülam (interment) · ary دفين (interment) · uk по́хорон (interment) · mfe lanterman (interment) · ja 埋葬 (interment) · ro îngropare (interment) · pl pochówek (interment) · nb begravelse (interment) · ca enterrament (interment) · el ταφή (interment) · nl begrafenis (interment) · sv begravning (interment) · mi tāpukenga (interment) · sh са̀храна (interment) · fa دفن (interment) · tr defin (interment) · rup ngrupiljari (interment) · da begravelse (interment) · enm biryinge (interment) · he קְבוּרָה (interment) · bg погребе́ние (interment) · bn দাফন (interment) · es sepelio (interment) · ota كوممه (interment) · hy թաղում (interment) · eo entombigo (interment) · oc enterrament (interment) · it sepoltura (interment) · pam cutcut (interment) · es entierro (interment) · bcl paglubong (interment)